What types of natural food do trout eat?
Aquatic and terrestrial insects are the main sources of natural food for trout. During the winter months, trout rely on larval forms on the bottom, but in summer they shift primarily to adults taken from the surface. Summer brings lush growth of grasses, shrubs and overhanging trees which shower the water with delicacies of ants, beetles, crickets, grasshoppers, inchworms and leafhoppers. Temperature, oxygen concentration, and pH may affect where, when and how trout feed, but in general if the food is there, the trout will feed.
