How Much Can a Striped Bass Eat?

Larger Stripers eat about 5% of their body weight per day. Striped Bass have feeding periods like most other fish. They feed most actively at dusk and dawn, although some feeding occurs throughout the day. During the midsummer they tend to become more nocturnal.
The natural foods of the Striped Bass include a variety of zooplankton, insects, crustaceans, and fish.

Food requirements of the Striped Bass will depend upon many factors within the water body,

• Stress

• Fish size

• Temperature

• Oxygen

• Availability of food source and others.

• Larger Stripers eat about 5% of their body weight per day .

Nutritional Requirements of Striped Bass

•  Larvae:45 + % protein, 8 + % fat

•  Fingerlings: 35 + % protein, 6 + % fat

•  Adults:32 + % protein, 4-10% fat

References:

Third Report to the Fish Farmers, SRAC #302 :
Culture and Propagation of Striped Bass and Its Hybrids, Harrell R.M., et al.,:
Striped Bass Committee, Southern Division, American Fisheries Society, 1990,:
Bethesda, MD. Hybrid Striped Bass: A National First, Easley, J.E., National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute News, Newport, OR, 4(2) pp. 1-5, 1989.:
Striped Bass and Its Hybrids, Smith, T.I.J., World Aquaculture, 20(1) pp. 32-38, 1989.
Commercial Culture of Hybrid Striped Bass: Status and Potential, Van Olst, J.C. & J.M. Carlberg, Aquaculture Magazine, 16(1) pp. 49-59, 1990.

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