Anybody consider upping their bass size and poundage in a small pond by stocking and feeding pellet trained bass? This year I am feeding at least 60 bass in my .62 pond daily that are at least 3 pounds, many over 4, and a few close to five. I also have smaller bass both smallmouth and largemouth I feed. Along with these bass I feed female only yellow perch and large bluegills.
I aerate heavily, and have overflow coming in from my much smaller trout pond that naturally fertilzes the water, and keeps recycling water out of the pond as it flows out of that pond too. The bass numbers also keep my bluegill numbers down for some dandy size bluegills that look like they are on steroids.
I use a special feed now by a company in PA called Mellick, and it is high in protein at 50 % and low in carbs and fiber which I learned from others like Mike Robinson is very important. The largemouths go for this high protein feed like liver shiners, and it sure beats anything Purina makes. In fact, I was using Purina's Aquamax last year the the bass seemed to have lost interest in that feed last year.
My bass have condition factors off the scale as they are so stocky. A 19 inch bass recently was about 4 1/2 pounds.
