Well this being our first full year with our comparably very small pond we have had a blast with our RBT. We fed sparingly all through winter starting in Dec. In NW Ohio we had ice on the pond probably 60-70% until mid-last month. Not thick but covered except for the varying opening around the aeration disks.

Our RBT have fed just "ok" at times and with Pirana like determination at others. After 25 years of fishing wild trout all over the country and beyond I have learned a ton this year on true "bite triggers" as the relate to weather and some of those are not as obvious as I used to think they were.

I have fished for and caught probably a dozen at different times throughout the last four months but only when the ice reseeded far enough to make it worthwhile.

As Cecil has already said in the last two weeks they have awoke from their long winter's knap and really been banging the pellets.

Today it hit a crazy and unpredicted 80 degrees here. The RBT's would have crawled up to the patio to finish off the cup of pellets we were tossing. I have about 20 left and they have grown to a very respectable size. I will be doing a complete pond take in less than 6-7 weeks with these temps until next fall. Woohoo fillets on the grill and in the freezer !