Of Fish

There are three different types of fish in the world, and of the kind that inhabit ponds, creeks, streams , and lakes, this can be said:

First are the surface dwellers, such as carp. Carp tend to stay in shallow water, and their diet consists mainly of whatever falls upon the surface of the water.

Second are the mid-dwellers, such as bass. Bass, for the most part, like to stay at about the mid-way point in their eco-system. While they may not eat as often as Carp, the meals are more substantive in that it is quality over quantity; they get better choices of food.

Finally, there are the bottom dwellers, such as catfish. Generally speaking, catfish get a bum rap as being scavengers; the reality is not that they eat anything, but quite literally everything, rooting around until they have satisfied their appetites. Catfish are complete in the sense that they take in everything, sift through it and remove desireable from undesireable, digest it, and gain nutrients from it.