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Originally Posted by Nebe
I guarantee you that eels would be higher on the list if the bass studied were taken from estuaries.
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maybe up one or two spots. but i don't think it would make too dramatic of a difference. the key with these rankings is availability. crabs and bunker are practically every where. and fairly easy to catch. now american eels may be everywhere to, but spend much of their time under rocks (or hidden in other structure) and out of a fishes way.
now if american eels schooled mid to high in the water column, or were constantly scurrying around the ocean floor in the open all day and night, making pig piles on every scrap. i think that would change the rankings dramatically.
needless to say, if you drop anything on that list right in front a bass.... it's gonna eat it.
edit: lol wait i technically agree. but read your intent wrong. combined with the first i was still in the mind set of discussing what they LIKE/PREFER to eat. and that your comments was that eels were the preferred meal in the estuaries and not the more readily available. i just think they would be higher on the list of preferred foods every where if they weren't hiding all the time.