It's more economical and easier to feed the fish pelleted food. You'd probably have to dig deep to afford live bait in the quantity that you'd need to feed.

For instance, I feed approx. 50# of pellets per month in my pond (besides all the natural forage that they eat in the pond). To get the same equivalent calories to the fish I'd have to feed around 500# of live bait.........

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