I have an automatic fish feeder on my 1/5 acre pond. I feed about 1 Coffee can of feed a day, in the evening. That is about 20 seconds on my feeder. I only have about 40 CCs and a lot of FHMs in the pond. I noticed more feed making it to shore, so I cut back to 15 seconds on the feeder. When do I shut it down for the winter, or do I? I am in SE Texas, and although it has gotten much cooler, we rarely get real cold weather. I intend to remove 15-20 of the CCs, they appear to be about 14-16" long now. I put them in as 6-8" back in early April. I have found 2 dead, after putting in 44. The CCs have really slowed on the feed, but the FHM are all over it. Do I still feed a smaller amount to feed the FHM? Or, just shut it down for the winter and let the CCs eat minnows for the winter?
As you can tell, this will be my first winter with my pond.
Thanks for the help.
BB
