What do salmon eat?

Take a journey into the life of a very common, unassuming fish and learn how salmon survive in difficult circumstances along with the role that humans play in their lives.

Salmon eat insects,amphibians, and fish. They are strictly carnivorous creatures that feed on others no matter if they are living in freshwater or saltwater. However, the salmon’s diet varies significantly depending on where it’s living and the age it has achieved.Since they are opportunistic hunters, the foods that salmon commonly eat include:

• Shrimp

• Mayflies

• Stoneflies

• Sand eels

• Grasshoppers

• Sprats

• Zooplankton

• Herring

• Crayfish

• Caddisfly larvae

• Krill

• Squid.

These foods include both ones that salmon eat in freshwater as well as in the ocean. Let's go we are armed with knowledge, it's fishing time!

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