Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Winter Feeding

Temperature is very important, as stated above. Come springtime,there will probably be a time on sunny afternoons when you will begin to see the bluegill and bass lazily sunbathing near the surface. They will still be fairly inactive, but if the water temps, around 2-feet down, are around 50-60 you can begin to give them small amounts of food. Start out slow for a several reasons. If the water is still cool, they will not be able to metabolize a lot of food properly. Secondly, you will be wasting food if you try to feed more than they want or need. Lastly, they need to get accustomed to feeding again -- or, for the first time for the little ones that hatched last summer.