Due to over-abundance, bluegill are often caught as an angler’s first fish or during kid’s fishing events. They are typically not commercially harvested from the wild for food. The majority of all ...

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ... edges—either the weed line perimeter where bluegill can capitalize on wind/current-driven food deliveries with quick access to safe cover ...

and they have large appetites that allow observations on food choice and foraging to be repeated and validated. The researchers trained and observed each fish intensively for their experiments ...