Perch feeder timing. - 06/08/15 12:37 PM
Well I have learned what I did wrong last year with our perch pond and the feeder. When the feeder was set up when the water temp was around 50-55 at the surface it was kind of early spring.
They feed really well for about two and a half months then seem to completely stopped. I was banging my head on the wall wondering where did they go.
So I have been told that they do not need as much feed and may just be chilling not needing it. I was told that they must have turned to something different something natural like crayfish or minnows in the pond.
All to me sounded plausible and went along with it. Changed out the feed to a smaller feed for the minnows and let her go.
Well this spring I did the same thing and they did the same thing. Right around now they seem to just slow and stopped eating. It just so happened that there was two over cast days in a row and we were down at the pond when the feeder gos off. Wow the water boiled with perch. Now this happened two days in a row. The third day we go down there at 7:45 and nothing. The only difference is the sun was full clear sky. The wife says to me wonder if they would rather eat with more shade or less light.
bing gos the light bulb in my head...... The feeder is set on a clock timer more than just the day light hours. The days have been getting longer the day slowly stays lighter later. The perch didn't want to eat as soon as I was getting the feeder to go off. They still wanted to eat but were all on the bottom.
So I pushed the feed time back to 8:15 and 8:30 and now we have very happy perch.
Long story long here my perch seem to feed at a certain day light brightness than our clocks. Any one that sees their perch slow on feed try moving the time back a bit first.
Silly me.....
Cheers Don.
They feed really well for about two and a half months then seem to completely stopped. I was banging my head on the wall wondering where did they go.
So I have been told that they do not need as much feed and may just be chilling not needing it. I was told that they must have turned to something different something natural like crayfish or minnows in the pond.
All to me sounded plausible and went along with it. Changed out the feed to a smaller feed for the minnows and let her go.
Well this spring I did the same thing and they did the same thing. Right around now they seem to just slow and stopped eating. It just so happened that there was two over cast days in a row and we were down at the pond when the feeder gos off. Wow the water boiled with perch. Now this happened two days in a row. The third day we go down there at 7:45 and nothing. The only difference is the sun was full clear sky. The wife says to me wonder if they would rather eat with more shade or less light.
bing gos the light bulb in my head...... The feeder is set on a clock timer more than just the day light hours. The days have been getting longer the day slowly stays lighter later. The perch didn't want to eat as soon as I was getting the feeder to go off. They still wanted to eat but were all on the bottom.
So I pushed the feed time back to 8:15 and 8:30 and now we have very happy perch.
Long story long here my perch seem to feed at a certain day light brightness than our clocks. Any one that sees their perch slow on feed try moving the time back a bit first.
Silly me.....
Cheers Don.