Ewest, what I see around the pond edges appears to be minnows. It's hard to tell what's around the feeder when it goes off, all you see are fish striking the water surface. You can't see how big or small they are. They are good strikes so I assume they are bigger fish. The only difference is the CC. Their heads actually come out when they are scooping up the feed. I haven't seen any feeding activity from them since late November. The bottom picture looks a lot like the fish that I've seen on the ground in my spillway after a hard rain. Do the young minnows and the BG look a lot alike at that age? What would be a good way to try to asess the CNBG population? I sure hope I haven't been losing my CNBG.