Caught these little guys in the creek behind my house. All on 2-3cm baby minnows (from my modified trap) with a #10 hook. Those are three KY spotted bass and a pumpkinseed sunfish. All fry’s 3-5inches. Diet consists of daily fresh mosquito fish and chub minnows(they have to catch them themselves but I supply them once a day)and occasionally red worms and pieces of night crawlers.
People say that fish are stupid. I have to disagree. The bass are extremely cognizant of surroundings and often notice them clocking me and studying my movements. They hunt together and are very clever. Mostly, they know when I drop them in they will be in shock so they blitz attack them while they are disoriented. They allow the remaining ones to swim around the tank and get comfortable, then blindside them from the bottom as they swim around on the surface.
The sunfish is a diff story though. He’s a moron. And a bully which is funny because he’s no bigger than any of the bass. So butt hurt when the bass eat minnows in front of him. He thinks everything in the tank is his. He literally Deebos the entire tank with an iron fin. Funny little guys, they bring me joy.
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