Thanks for the read strickem. Looked through a few of the other links. Wonder what is the difference in food consumption of live prey vs feed or if there would be any difference.
SB,
Not sure about pellet consumption vs. live forage. I understand small BC and CC will predominately consume pellets (when available) until they reach the ~3lb range, then they switch over to forage fish. I put some 4" BC and CC in my pond on 7/3/15. I could see them skimming the top of the water with mouth's open when the feeder went off, kind of like a vacuum cleaner. I caught several BC on 8/9/15 that were 7 1/4" lg. I also caught a couple of CC on 8/29/15 that were 10" long. It's hard to believe that they could grow that quickly, but I was feeding Cargill 4512 heavily at the time. It will be interesting to see what size they are this spring.
