If you have a cage available I would cage them for a 2-3 wks for additional habituation to pellets then release them. When young pellet eating fish get into an area with abundant natural foods they often go off feed until the natural foods are less abundant. The larger the pellet trained stockers are the more likely they will stay on pellets.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 07/04/13 10:13 AM.

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