If you are trying to feed your fish, fish food don't start feeding until the water temp gets to 60 or more. Reason being, they can experience problems if they eat the food on a warm day, then a cold front comes thru and they don't digest it properly.
So I come back to bait fish......they are the best way to feed all of your fish. Pellets only feed a small percentage of your fish, which are typically the larger and more aggressive ones. So forget the pellets. Also, make sure you have plenty of structure in the shallower areas (4-6 ft. deep). This will help your minnow and shiner populations.
Pellet feeding involves a little bit of work. I would start out by training them. Once the temp is up to 60 degrees or better, then throw a cup of food and no more. You want to feed in the same spot and roughly at the same time of day no more than 5 times a week.
Please note, that CC will compete with your LMB for food as they get larger. So they can cause your bait population to shrink quickly!
