Good for you. Be sure and document everything, so your experiment can be repeated, and the results duplicated by experts. After all, one pond in Louisiana does not a paradigm shift make.
Yes I know.
Even after I prove the myth , entirely incorrect......there will still be quite a few who will swear that nothing was proven and they will still be terrified, in the name of ( the sky is falling),, to feed their fish a single pellet, if the water temp is below 55 degrees.
So having said that, I'm just gonna go ahead and do it.
I'm calling BS on the the scenario in all its imaginary glory. I'm also going to say it again. It's folklore, it's a myth, and unproven myth at that.
While everyone wants my scientific facts, I have not yet seen one single person give me any scientific fact that pellet feeding in cooler weather has caused a mass fish extinction in their pond. What I have seen , however, is quite a few people who have let fear of the unknown, dictate their ability to boldly go where no man has gone before. lol
The one and only thing I have found discussing this load of crap, for lack of a better term is here.
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/ponds/2002053105025934.htmlAs it pertains to .... Koi/goldfish in little bity bath tub sized ponds.....from none other than the wild fish experts at ....what was it again? Oh yes....Garden web. That's right , garden web. Which is where I'm assuming most of this is coming from. Which of course has nothing to do with Largemouth Bass, CNBG, catfish, stripers......or probably any other wild game fish........particularly Bass and bream, who will scavenge on frogs, some of which have poison, small turtles with hard shells, crawfish with hard shells, snails and just about anything else they can get their mouth around.
Further evidence adding to the un-scientific facts that are indeed building up like an unstoppable force.
I see absolutely ZERO lawsuits leveed against any pellet feed producer alleging that Purina or any other brand of fingerling food and/or gamefish food has caused mass extinction in ponds across America, during the winter months. And I know I'm not the only one practicing this.
