M-L I agree we are not that far off. I can only dream of using algae as food for bass and agree you are doing that with tiliapia we just can not legally stock in GA or I would. However with our fertilization program we get less fialmentous algae than with lakes that do not get fertilized. Get why?

this leads to next point I disagree about fed adding to algae. If not over fed and consumed by fish and lake build right this may aid in phyto production not algae.

Ok, back to major point. I feel the opposite on fish biting. Most sportfish are oppurtunistic feeders. When fishing ponds which is rare for me working so much I can catch bass that are very skinny b/c of hunger but also in other ponds mgmted right super fat healthy bass. We try to manage for these. WHy do they bite when full? Because they have plenty of energy to chase lure b/c not using up all the enrgy to try to gain weight. So you see two phiolosphies on why they bite. Your point is easy to understand for many mine maybe not so easy but I strongly agree to be true.

On bluegill, I wish you could come to some of clients ponds. Huge bluegill that readily bite about anything that hits the water, fat and ready to hit a fly.

Greg Grimes
www.lakework.com