Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Fish Pellet Composition

Thanks Bill. This leads me to my next question and that is about overall physical strength and agility.

In this issue of PBM there is an article discussing the inability of pellet raised LMB to compete when intoduced into an environment where there are wild raised fish in competition. The conclusion seems to be that the pellet raised LMB do not know how to catch minnows or even maybe recognize a minnow as food.

Could an additional factor be that the pellet raised fish have not developed the strength and speed required to catch minnows effectively as their meals were always easy catch pellets? I am wondering whether the wild raised are not only more savy at catching a minnow, but also stronger and faster than their pellet raised counterparts.