M-L I too like to tell it how it is. I do not take comments on here personally until now. It really upsets me to see your last remarks. You seem to suggest I make suggestions based on profits, etc. Are you kidding, you think I make money from taking the itme to post on this site. Occasional fish feder sell, but please. The fact you think that hacks me off. Heck I even emailed you a relative weight spreadsheet for free.

You have a right to your opinion and I have a right to mine. I work about 60-80 hrs a week and read these post for fun and sometimes I learn some things. However if I see something that I think is worng and will harm a pondowner reading it I will post. That is why I take the time. So you think I'm not passionate?

SO harp on the 10 x's commnet and be a smart you know what about it. Nice math, impressive. A better anology is that a fed trained bass might hit 10 mins after being caught instead of 2 hrs later b/c it is more agressive. Maybe you do not understand the art or the science of pond mgmt. Heck even after being upset here I agree with one of your above statemetns about turning off feeder for a few days, that might work. The bass are agressive though b/c they were trained to hit a non living thing. How do you not get that?

Your ending statement above tells me you just do not get it but I hope others do and maybe some day you will. You wrote "I submit you can overfeed for growth and sacrifice aggressiveness in the process." Actually no you do not have to sacrifice growth for agressiveness. Try your experiment fine but I can tell folks also to not turn off their feeders and follow what I think is bad advice. I try to help FOR FREE on what others had to learn by spending money with me.
I will not post on this thread anymore I have made my point I hope.

Rad,
I do not have a single client's pond with just fed-trained bass with no forage. The growth to me is not that great with just pellets. Sometimes they even lose the passion for pellets after being in the pond for awhile. However they always seem to be easier to catch than regualr bass.

David that is good to hear, just do not overfish the pond that is one of the keys to lowering fishing success.

Greg Grimes
www.lakework.com