Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Feeder in Michigan?

Fozzy:

State Publications tend to give conservative, one-size-fits-all advice and are frequently a little behind the state of the art in pond management.

Most of us here would suggest you add a forage species capable of sustaining small fish for your LMB, YP, (and Cats) to eat longer than a load of FHMinnows last. Regular BG will probably be (much) easier to add in an established pond than GShiners would. I imagine the state pub advised against regular BG on the possiblity that they could overpopulate and stunt; I am willing to bet that virtually everyone capable of finding and utilizing the Pond Boss Forum and Magazine can handle BG population control in a 1/2 acre pond.

Whether or not feeding is advisable is a function of items specific to your pond that the state is unable to address in a Michigan-wide publication. Some that come to mind immediately are your water quality/clarity and how much water flows through the pond regularly to flush any excess nutrients out.

Your existing YP, Cats, and HBG, plus BG or GShiners that you add would probably all readily utilize feed pellets.