Rick:

I know you're down South. I don't know what your water temps are like in the winter. Usually the pellet feeding for warm water fish stop once water temps hit 60�F. If yours gets that cool, they will switch over to the forage fish for the time that you are not feeding pellets.

Warm water fish can't digest the pellets as easily as live bait, and that's not a problem when their metabolism is high (warmer water).

So, if your water gets that cool or cooler, having a bunch of forage fish is a good thing!

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