I kept a pair of trout from the reservoir for a taco dinner for the wife and I, and while I was cleaning them I opened the stomach and found a bunch of little round blackish/gray/brown? dots about the size of a poppy seed, maybe a touch bigger. Hands were too gooky to fetch the phone, I know a photo would help. My first though was flea, with a tail. Like a little tiny polywog almost. Not a chironomid for sure. Would these have been daphnia?
I'm not going to tie anything this small, but I have seen daphnia mentioned when reading about blobs. Maybe the fish have been liking that black boobie because it looks similar to a cluster of daphnia? Something new (well, made an observation that stuck this time) to learn about and figure out.
I'm not going to tie anything this small, but I have seen daphnia mentioned when reading about blobs. Maybe the fish have been liking that black boobie because it looks similar to a cluster of daphnia? Something new (well, made an observation that stuck this time) to learn about and figure out.
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