Trout Eating Plants
This is probably a bit weird that I know this, but when I keep a fish I usually inspect its stomach contents. Sometimes I get a free nymph/fly (rare) or just learn about the fish's diet.
I've noticed that many of the fish I've taken from stocked waters in the Canmore/Kananaskis region have bellies full of cabbage/seaweed. I thought at first they were scuds or small snails but nope. Definitely plants.
This is bizarre right? Can trout even digest plant matter? Does it actually provide nutrients to them? What might be the explanation here? Are they too thick to recognize what natural food is? Is there a lack of food so they're eating anything out of desperation? Maybe the food was on the cabbage and the plant matter was just ingested incidently?!?
Sorry for 100 questions.
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