Voluntary‐ and force‐feeding experiments were conducted on 131 Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus), 46 warmouth (Chaenobryttus gulosus), and 21 largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) to determine the rate of digestion and food consumption. The digestion rate of the warmouth was 1.6 times greater than that of the gar, and that of the bass was 1.5 times greater than the warmouth and 2.4 times greater than the gar. The daily voluntary food consumption of the warmouth was 1.6 times greater than the gar, and that of the bass 1.6 times that of the warmouth and 2.5 times greater than the gar.