Bill I echo your thoughts. I have tried and finally succeed on several clietns to switch to both smaller pellets and higher protein food for bluegill. When bluegill are pecking at it I feel they spend energy as well. Another thought to consider is folks complain about bass eating 4-5 inch bluegill when the bluegill feed. This is not as common in my opinion on 1/8" pellets they can quickly swim up and grab opposed to pecking at larger pellets.

Greg Grimes
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