Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose How to grow big bass...HELP?

Well fish do grow a lot faster if they are fed. Reason being is they do not have to work near as hard to eat. (they do not have to chase bait fish around, so they spend less energy and save calories.) Bluegill and Golden Shiner take to feed easily (feed trained.) Bass on the other hand are hard to feed train unless you get them really young. My experience with fishing in ponds that have supplemental feeding programs is it is not any harder really to catch them. You are probably thinking that since they are getting feed they are going to be full. A lot of my strikes are reaction strikes. It is not like throwing a lure to a bunch of overcrowded bass that are hungry. You don't catch one every cast. (thats why its called fishing and not catching thanks dad), but they are going to fight harder and be a lot healthier fish that look like footballs.