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Since the spring of 2013, I’ve been observing a dark roller directly for hours and weeks. No, I was n’t scuba diving or dropping down a fish-cam – I have a very, very large aquarium. A little legal black drum was caught last year, and I made the decision to put him in the tank for a while before filling him. Although it would be stretch to say that I’m observing them in their normal wildlife out in the field, it does produce some very interesting observations when I often rotate out different types to see them.
The second big surprise: Every additional meals source paled in comparison to fish. The disc attacked life shrimp and chopped crab with depart, while clams, jellyfish bits, and finfish of any sort were eaten unwillingly in comparison. Although he showed a little more interest in shrimp than other products, shrimp itself failed to elicit the exact level of enthusiasm.
How efficiently the fish’s barbels are used was another great shock. If you want to target black drum, put that ( shrimp! ) hook on base. Sure, you’ll capture up drum on everything from teased spoons to jigged plastics. Yes, they do apply their vision. However, this fish bouncing his neck along the base for a significant portion of his day. And WHAM, if those barbels touched foods.
Despite everything above, dark drums do serve via sight, and this guy was undoubtedly caught off guard by something falling or sputtering through the water column. But, the drum’s ability to detect this was very apparent in the case of some fish, which often had a blind spot of sorts in their vicinity. Goods that were a little off-center were almost always spotted, whereas those that were directly in front of the fish were frequently overlooked. Always aim somewhat outward if you spot a drum and sight-cast it.
Most fish are aware of the benefits of night fishing for dark drums, which this shark’s habits demonstrate. Ironically, his greatest moment of inaction was in the hours immediately before dawn. He’d be on the hunt if he peered into the cylinder at midnight, but at 4 o’clock in the morning, he’d be sitting on the bottom, hardly moving.
He would frequently spit rocks out before taking them out, chew on them for a while, and make numerous other interesting observations that wo n’t necessarily help you catch more fish. He “scratched” himself on clam shell now and again. And he was quite interested, swimming over to one side of the pond or the other to look at dogs, cats, and even individuals. Even if it is n’t in their natural habitat, you can learn a lot from these fish because they are incredibly fascinating.
