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This may have already been discussed previously - if so please forgive.
I started feeding bluegill this year in my 1/2 acre pond in an attempt to get them to a larger size. Problem now is that most of the bigger bass in the pond all hang around with the bluegill waiting for a free meal and/or follow you around the pond looking for a handout. Since the bass are the target fish for fishing, this is really a problem since they are in the same spot everyday and appear to becoming "tame" - hardly ideal for challenging fishing.
Any thoughts on this ??
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Catch them a time or two and I would suspect they will get less tame and easy to catch.
I feed BG and have the opposite problem. My LMB are usually not to be found.
Last edited by snrub; 10/09/16 04:09 PM.
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Agree. Catch a couple of them and they can get pretty hook shy.
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You are putting feed and BG all in the same spot, so it make sense the the LMB are where all their food is. My guess is they are there for the BG as much as the feed. I don't think you have an issue, but might adjust your feed times further away for your LMB fishing times. Run Feeder late morning, midday, and/or early afternoon.
1.8 acre pond with CNBG, RES, HSB, and LMB
Trophy Hunter feeder.
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Guys are right I had LMB hanging out all around my feeder like sharks waiting on them smaller BG!! I caught a few of them maybe a couple times and that kinda started to go away. The last 2 times I tried to catch a bass around my feeder I didn't even get a bite.... I caught 7 though around my brush piles on a buzz bait.
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