11-19-2005, 01:29 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Thanks Jake. I have also observed trout from various waters around the country with big wads of algae in their guts. I was told that it is an "incidental ingestion", while they are foraging for snails, aquatic insects or other invertebrates that hang in the goop. I was also told that it does "break down" enough to pass through, but can affect the total nutritional intake of the fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My concern with the sticks is that there is a different and more rigid kind of plant fibre involved here. In colder water, the fish's metabolism slows down, and the digestion process is reduced. If the fish are trying to feed up for the winter, they have a double whammy. Not only are they not getting any food value from the sticks, but they are prevented from stocking up on groceries for the winter.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I too hope that there is a more optimistic prognosis.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My concern with the sticks is that there is a different and more rigid kind of plant fibre involved here. In colder water, the fish's metabolism slows down, and the digestion process is reduced. If the fish are trying to feed up for the winter, they have a double whammy. Not only are they not getting any food value from the sticks, but they are prevented from stocking up on groceries for the winter.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I too hope that there is a more optimistic prognosis.[/#0000ff]
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