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Great information, and photos as well!
Would you be willing to educate what the stomach contents are there? Kinda looks like caterpillars, and possibly caterpillars still in their cocoon.
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Those are the caddis larvae that he was referring to. They make a case out of reed stems or debris and poke their heads and legs out and crawl around in the weeds.
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I didn't realize bugs still lived in the water during the winter, but I also don't know much.
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Insect larvae live in the water through the entire year. Dragonfly nymphs, damselfly nymphs, mayflies, caddis flies, mosquitos, chironomids... you name it.
I'm not a minnow expert but I'm assuming a fat-head minnow of some kind...
Cheers.