Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Fish Only Want to Eat Fish Food !?

Need some help!!

On my 9 ac pond in Chester SC -All BG, LMB, and HSB only want to eat fish food!!!

Fish refuse all artificial lures (flies, soft plastics, spinner baits, jigs ,spinners, crank baits, topwater baits, etc.) and BG are actually reluctant to eat a live worm or cricket! Water quality is great, great deep water and edge cover, top notch surface and diffuser aeration, have excellent live forage (BG, Threadfin shad, Tilapia, Crayfish) Have good numbers of 1 lb. to 6 lb. LMB and 3 lb. to 6 lb. HSB . Have been able to occasionally catch some fish on artificial fish food bait and flies but refusal to catch fish on all artificial lure has become frustrating and disappointing.

3- Feeders operating two times per day distributing approx.150 lbs. Aquamax 600 per month Total.

Considering several options -1. Eliminate feeding totally., 2. Feed every other week.,3.Feed every other month. etc.

Any suggestions or similar experience will be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks,
Al Allison

I can assure you that on a 9 acre pond and using 150 lbs of food a mth - the fish are eating way more than just fish food. Basic energetics would require much more just to maintain stasis. BTW non-catchability is a heritable trait in most pond species. There are lots of threads here on both subjects.

Pellets wrapped in panty hose are our go to with finicky pellet trained fish - I cast it just like a nymph rig on my fly rods. Cody keeps us in steady supply of used panty hose...I don't ask.