Hybrid stripers attack the food. the channels with the hybrids were fed Aquamax 5D06 (I think 41% protien) and they scoop the food while the hybrids eat one at a time. Also, I fed a lot twice a day in the spring and once when it got a little hot. That is why the channels grew so fast.
The channels with the blues were overpopulated and I fed them one small coffee can a day. That is why everything grew so slow.
Blues are supposed to be as predatory as yellow cats, but the are a little more limited by mouth size. I think they like the feed okay but something ate most of the fatheads. These overpopulated fish were hungry. This year I added what I bought as small redear but as I grew them out in anotherpond, they looked a lot like bluegill--maybe crosses. I bought them from a truck at a feed store instead of traveling to my reliable suppliesr.
