I have heard that they can get hook shy but then i think of pay lakes where there large fish are caught more than one a week. On the pellets, how many pounds should i give in a feeding? how many times a week? I have red some where that the blue/channel hybrid can thrive in almost no oxygen and certanaly much lower than a regular blue or channel cat. Would blue gill be a good forge fish? I know that is a favorit bate for flathead fishermen and i just might put a few flats in there.