To be honest I'm leery of using pellets, artificial or real, to catch my fish. I want them to readily consume the feed, not begin to associate it with getting yanked out of the water. I have no evidence that this happens, and I understand the need to evaluate the population, but I have seen with my own eyes how acclimated fish can become to a previously "hot" lure or bait, and start avoiding it like the plague. I'm sure there will always be eager biters, caught over and over again, but I'm not willing to chance it.

I'm in the "fish absolutely learn", camp.....

"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.