Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding What's eating my feed - LMB?

ewest said: That's why I enjoy feeding most on clear, sunny days - the visibility into the water is so much better and you can watch some of the BG slowly saunter up to pellets non-chalant like to eat. On cloudy days, all I may see is splashes.

For all of you guys who enjoy watching your fish feed, I HIGHLY recommend a fishlight that knocks bugs into the water. The fish feed entirely differently on the live bugs and it adds another hour of enjoyment to your pond each day. Well worth the money spent, even if just for entertainment. Additionally, the fish are much more oblivious to observation so you can get a very good look at them.

Back again.

I'm still trying to figure out what feeds and how. I saw two different tails turn and submerge last night after the front end of the same fish ate pellets, and they sure looked like LMB tails to me. So I found and reread this thread and now know (only) two things for sure:

1) There seems to be a lot of variation in how the same species of fish eats pellets in different ponds. Perhaps due to differences in competing populations or how hungry they are; I don't think it's all differences in how each of us sees and reports it.

2) To know how many fish are eating pellets in your pond, use the Condello method - count all the pellets eaten and divide by 4.

Proof Positive of LMB eating pellets tonight - I got several really good looks at the bass' flanks and one of a bass jaw profile eating the feed.

This is really cool!

You're fortunate, Theo. I've got a couple of people I know who would die to get a couple of their largemouth on feed. Cool, indeed.

Sometimes mine feed on pellets but not consistently. I've never had over one at a time do it so they certainly aren't going to train each other.

I've got at least two LMB on pellets - there were two simultaneous feeding events about 4 feet apart. There might be a total of 3 or 4, but 2 for sure. I'm really tickled.