Minnows are not all that important as forage items in a trout only pond if you feed the trout on a regular basis.

If you do NOT feed trout pellet food, I think you can grow more and larger trout per acre if you have minnows as forage compared to trout by themselves that are just thriving on invertebrates. Does any one have more information on this topic?


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