Originally posted by Theo Gallus:
It was one of those defining moments when the path to a dream is realized.
I HAD LIKE 300 DECENT SIZED BG SHOW UP AND FEAST ON GAME FISH CHOW TONIGHT! That's like 4-5 times as many as I've ever seen eating before. From beginning eatin' sized up to a small number bigger than my hand (that's what L. macrochirus is all about!). For a year I've been feeding for 50 feet or so on each side of the feedring, when low/no wind permits. Tonight, on the left (deep water) side, the BG just kept coming . I fed for another 150 or so feet of shoreline, and ran out of feed before I ran out of BG. I've had dreams like this. Wow!
Life is Good.
Theo, my most rewarding pond moments are watching our fish at the feeders.
It’s an awesome sight!
At feeding time they will be gathered “at the table” waiting for the dinner bell to ring.
Sheer feeding frenzy – smaller BG’s close in - dominant gill’s midrange, and HSB outer edges of feed pattern.
Then CC eating feed washed near shore.
I don’t see tilapia feeding as some of forum members have observed.
The only thing I can think of is the aggressive feeding scares them off.
I would catch them on my “secret” fly if they were present.
Life is REALLY Good
