I have my LMBs trained to eat BG that I throw in at one spot in my pond. Recently I came across a spot that was just crawling with tadpoles. So I netted several of them and went to my hand feeding spot. When I threw the first one in it was taken with an explosion immediately. The next few were taken but I would sometimes see the tadpole slowly swimming away and another LMB would come and take it. I saw a couple of times where a bass would come up and take the tadpole in its mouth and then spit it out again. By the end they weren't even going for them. Maybe I spoiled them with the BG. But why would they not want something about the same size WITHOUT the spiny fins.



1 3/4 acre, 1/2 acre, and 1/10 acre ponds in NE Smith County, East Texas.