Dick, Cecil,
I too have read that Redear will not eat pellets. But some of the Redears in my pond occasionally will come to the top and pick off a pellet or two. I don't know if they actually eat the pellets or if it is simply a reflex action. This is the Purina Game Fish feed that has different size pellets. My fish eat this better than the other brands that I have tried. My feed store ran out of the Purina a while back and I bought a bag of the local co-op brand. My fish wouldn't hardly eat it. Most of it ended up on the bottom and algae started forming on it.
I have also read that redears nest deeper than bluegill, but the two which prompted my post on this subject are nesting in about a foot of water. There is always an exception to every rule.
Larry
