Snipe, you haven't seen my silly bluegills. I stocked 25 7 and 8 inch adults in June. They came from a fish supplier who supplementally feeds Purina and another brand of fish food (not Optimal).
I feed Optimal BG. My trout and grass carp devour it, my GSF will eat a bit of it, the bluegills ignore it. Or, if they do grab a pellet, they quickly spit it back out!
Crazy fish, those bluegills and their hundreds of fingerlings. They're right under my nose at the dock. All they want are dried mealworms, which they scarf until they look like they'll explode.
Ryan, I brought a few GSF, BG, crawfish, and tadpoles into the house to stock my aquarium. The sunfish and crawfish all enjoy Optimal in the aquarium setting. Go figure.
I believe my GSF and YP learned to eat pellets from watching my trout feed. The bluegills just can't be convinced that pellets are the way to go.
