I think they eat pellet fish feed just as good as channel does. I'm not sure how they grow on pellet fish feed as they get older, but they sure hit it hard as fingerlings.It seems like they would be the top of the the food chain in just a few years with them getting so big that it would be hard to remove with pole and line. That would be a problem with the pay lake business. I think that is why they are not stocked in many ponds.

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