I was out feeding my fish today, and the rainbows 2-5 lbs were still aggressively feeding on the surface and air temp was 92 and surface water temp was 80!!!!
I was told by a guy in PA he had the same thing happen in his trout pond with warm surface temps. He says since they can come up really quick and go down fast, it's not a problem for them. Apparently not. My pond is so small and fed by a well, the water temps stay fairly low except for the top few inches. As soon as the Sun starts to go down the surface water gets skimmed off and cools down.
Are able to get a good look at your trout when you feed them Nate? My brooks come up so fast I can't hardly see anything. Maybe when they get larger (they are about 14 inches now) they will slow down? I seem to remember larger trout in the past just leisurely sucking in the pellets.
