What Do Steelhead Eat?
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Adult steelhead primarily feed on fish eggs, smaller baitfish, larger insects, crustaceans, mollusks, and smaller mammals.
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Juvenile steelhead mostly feed on zooplankton and insect larvae.
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Cannibalism, among both juvenile and adult fish, is also fairly common.
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The main food sources of Great Lakes steelhead are:
Minnows
Alewives
Smelt
Lake herring
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While dwelling in the ocean, steelhead will feed on the following types of forage:
Shrimp
Krill
Herring
Sardine
Anchovy
Mackerel
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A frozen salmon egg, egg sacks, or plastic beads or fly patterns that look like fish eggs are preferred baits of many steelhead fanatics.
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