Our 4 acre lake probably gets much heavier fishing pressure than most lakes. We feed Aquamax 600. Catfish, bluegills, rock bass, white bass/HSB, goldeyes, LMB and SMB have all learned to take these pellets. The fish that take pellets are incredibly fat and we do catch them occassionally.
It seems that some species never learn and other species become hook shy very quickly. From dumbest to smartest are rock bass, white bass/HSB, SMB, bluegill/hybrid bluegill, crappie, walleye/sauger, catfish then LMB. At least in our experience, LMB really do learn faster than other species.
