George no one fishes at our feeders during or around feeding time. If a kid is having no luck catching fish I will take them to the feeder at non feeding time and let them catch a couple with a cricket or worm.
I will agree that HSB are not going to pass on the genetic non-catchability gene.
Eric, as far as I am concerned, all is fair in love, war and fishin'.
When I was a younster your age, pond fishin' in general would not interest me, because it would have been like " a kid is having no luck catching fish I will take them to the feeder at non feeding time and let them catch a couple with a cricket or worm."
I was "sport" fishin' all the way from Blue Water Gulf of Mexico to fly-in camps in remote Alasaka.
I will value your opinion on this subject when you are 84 (nearly) years old...

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Crickets and worms are for kids ...
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