Food for thought (no pun intended): There are no specific species diets for bluegills, yellow, perch, and largemouth bass. Many fish farmers that are rearing these species intensively for the food market are complaining about the problems they are having with the feeds on the market that are basically trout diets. They're seeing fatty livers, poor dress out, and even poor growth performance.
Personally I've seen shorter life spans on largemouths in a high density pond fed almost exclusively an artificial diet. They are also more stressed in the winter.
Ponds with lower densities of fish where these species can and do get other natural feed may be different.
Recently in our north central aquaculture region (NCRAC) there has been a call for papers for some intense university study with these three species and issues with artificial feed.
Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 01/05/13 11:55 PM.
