I had the same problem. I watched them eyeball small BG that came to feed, and they would try and grab a small BG if I caught one. I started catching small BG, cuting off their tail, and pinning them on a very small hook. I'd toss it out there, and keep it in the zone until a LMB found it. As soon as they grabbed it, I'd yank the small hook out of the BG. I got the LMB trained so they'd jump out of the water for a BG when I'd start to lower a BG down to the water.


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