I started feeding almost 2 months ago. I'm in the process of building a house at the pond site so I'm not there a lot. When I set up the feeder I had no idea how well the bluegill would take to a feeder so I set the timer for 7am and 7pm, 1 second for each. I was at the site a few nights ago and watched the 7pm feeding. The fish were all over it. Obviously well trained already. A few minutes later I threw out a few handfuls of feed and the fish continued to feed aggressively. So I threw more out and they still fed. Now I have the feeder set for 5 seconds at 7am and 7pm.