I tried that, but maybe the worm was too big. The bluegill jumped on it and on the first try the worm extended, so the long part was sticking out of it's mouth and the other was coming out of it's gills. The catfish grabbed it and was working on it like you said, like a kid sucking in spaghetti. But it wasn't fast enough, because another bluegill attacked the outside pard of the worm and pulled most of it from the catfish. It still could not swallow the whole piece, so it was swimming aound with about 1/4" of the worm sticking out of it's mouth, trying to keep the other fish from attacking it. It was really funny. I chopped up a worm this morning into smaller pieces and the bluegill love it. But the catfish is not interested when it's not moving. It bumps into the pieces and it doesn't look like it even recognizes them as food. It still eats the fish food pellets. Maybe it will learn. I haven't seen the fish in 3 wks and it seems that the bluegill grew since than.
