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of first bites occurred in less than 1 min 20 s afi;er 

 first appearance, and 50Vc occurred within the first 

 20 s. Although no significant difference was noted 

 between time to first bite and approach direction, 



for the 36 observations where the approach was made 

 during some current, the maximum time to first bite 

 was 2 min 51 s. Of two bites following appearances 

 during slack current, one bite occurred almost 8 min 



