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Excessive numbers of BG can suppress LMB reproduction and fry survival. BG when starving be come more aggressive in seeking food items. They in very high numbers will raid bass nests of all the eggs before the eggs hatch.
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Bill I think you have hit the nail on the head. Think I will get 25 or 50 LMB when it cools this fall, put them in my 1/10th acre sediment pond which has no predators, then fish most out as they get big enough to escape predation and move them to my main pond. That at least give another size class.
Anthropic my main concern is with excess BG eventually they will stunt. It seems like my larger ones are stalling out on growth.
Pan fish pond is my goal so I need lots of smaller bass to keep the BG numbers in check.
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T On a side note, I have just noticed that actually my water quality has been better this year. In past years I have fed Aquamax 400,500 and 600 while struggling with feed dust in the bottom of my feeder and watching it on the top of the water create a film. I probably could reduce the dust/waste easily before putting the feed in the feeder.
After watching this, I will use up my Purina LMB this year, and next year mix the Optimal LMB and BG feeds to become a more efficient feed. Thanks to Essup for the sample of Optimal Bass food! I have noticed a good bit of dust from my Optimal. Right now, with a lot of FHM, I think it is actually a good thing, but I worry about it next year after the LMB have wiped out the minnows. I don't think it is dust from the bag, but created as the feed goes thru the TH spinner. Feed I caught in a trash bag was much more broken up than what is in feeder.
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Brian,
I was thinking the same thing. I bet that if you lowered the spin plate it would eliminate some issues.
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Brian if you YOY BG they will eat most of that dust once they learn where it will be. At least mine do but I do feed from the shore line.
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Chris I may try that next spring if the FHM are gone. Are you noticing the same thing?
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