The fish (especially juveniles and very old fish), unlike other bass, have an inclination towards insects. Guadalupe bass at their predatory peak prefer larger bait fish such as shad and small bass or bluegills.Curtis, S. G., Perkin, J. S., Bean, P. T., Sullivan, M. L., & Bonner, T. H. (2015). Guadalupe Bass Micropterus treculii (Vaillant & Bocourt, 1874). In Black bass diversity: multidisciplinary science for conservation. American Fisheries Society, Symposium (Vol. 82, pp. 55-60). http://sites.tntech.edu/jperkin/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2015/07/Curtis_et_al_2015.pdf
