Have you tried using small bluegills as bait? Do you feed these fish? If so, Stubby Steve's pellet "flies" exist today because of this very problem. Artificial baits that resemble floating fish food pellets.


"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.