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Originally Posted by seatrout
Ok professor,
I don't pretend to be as smart as you but, I don't think you have given enough information to draw a conclusion to your question.... Plus your second paragraph does not make sense to me. Predators get fat when croaker abundant which is there main forage but shows no correlation with plumpness of predator. Am i the only one confused here????
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You're right. I was asking for a prediction regarding what the results will be after further analysis is completed.
In other words, I was challenging the experts regarding which predator species make the most use of abundant croaker. We'll be working on that part of the analysis starting today. Here's my prediction for the rank ordering of the four bioindicator predator species:
1. Gafftopsail Catfish
2. Spotted Seatrout
3. Redfish
4. Black Drum
I think reds and specks may be close. But in recent years, we've caught more gafftops than anything else when hooking up croaker for bait. Gafftops also are showing much more piscivory in the esturary over the past 5 years than they are traditionally known for.