Mike,

Not sure either. Just going by what the literature out there says and trying to play it safe. However, I'm not sure if I will stay with Mellick. I've had some quality control issues with some mold and carrion beetles crawling out of the bags of feed last year. About the same time I had the mold, which I did not catch right away, I had some stress with my bass causing some bacterial problems which may have been attributed to the feed. I keep my feed in an air conditioned building and it was not old. I have a friend in Ohio that had the same problems.

I think I may go with silver cup exclusively as it seems the quality is more constant as that is what I am using for my brook trout right now.

Are you using Silver Cup for your bass? If so, which feed are you using for your larger bass -- say -- 1 to 3 lbs?

I'm not concerned as much with the feed cost as I have a much, much, smaller operation than you and I get over $10.00 per pound for my bass.

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.