MHO is fish may get conditioned for a short while to avoid feeding around the feeder if they are caught on pellets but not absolutely. IMHO once they get back on the pellets they will evetually forget the bad hook experience and can be caught again. Additonally I've noticed some fish are more easily conditioned and some are never conditioned. I caught a bass on a PP fly three times in 20 minutes. He was definitely not the smartest in the bunch. I could tell it was the same fish by a distinctive mark on his side.
So my thinking is I would not fish by the feeder day in and day out but once in a while shouldn't hurt. The hunger thing and the chance of an easy meal is a hard thing to stop.
Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 02/21/09 12:33 PM.
