Good news on the SMB making it Shorty. That is a nice size to stock.
Gave my main pond fish about half normal amount of feed today. Drove around the pond in the UTV and saw some wakes coming toward me so figured they were hungry. Ate all I threw to them.
At my get together Highflyer brought me a laser temperature gun so I checked the surface temperature and it was 47. Was surprised to see the fish feeding with the temperature that low but I suspect it is warmer deeper because the fish came from the deep.
When the surface temperature was 50 the fish were still very actively feeding.
I usually cut back on the rate sometime in early November and quit feeding altogether around the first of December. Around then the deeper water has gotten to about 50 degrees and the fish no longer act very interested. I only feed now as long as the fish act interested and eat well. That means I skip some days.
