Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Feed GSF to CC

I have 200 CC in the 1 1/4 acre pond that have reached an average of 12" and they are eating a lot of Purina Catfish 32. I'd like to use trapped GSF to offset about half of the floating feed they're getting each evening. Does anyone have ideas for how to present the GSF to the CCs? I'm considering the GSF a very successful crop rather than a curse - I use a lot of them for composting and trade them to catfishermen for filets. I trapped a level 5 gallon bucketful this morning can feed fresh dead ones this evening. Ideas for presenting them? Frozen? Dried out?
Thx,
fowells

Cut them into bite-sized cubes and offer them to your catfish with their catfish food at feeding time. I bet they'll eat them.

A good pair of scissors or shears will cut them up readily and quickly.

After a few offerings your CC will be waiting like puppies for their treats.

Thanks for the replies Bob and John. Did just that last night and all the GSF were gone within 10 minutes. Had to freeze the remainder of the 30# of GSF in feeding size portions. So I guess I'll see how the CCs like frozen chunks. Hope I'm not just feeding the turtles.

This has worked better than expected. I tried cutting the bigger GSF with shears - too much work - so I either compost or eat the bigger trapped GSF. I put the small ones in gallon freezer bags with the weight of one half of the daily pellet ration. At feeding time I throw out half the ration of pellets and the frozen chunk of GSF. They hit it like sharks on a whale carcass. Fun trapping the week's GSF on Saturday morning and I have halved my feed bill.

Nice work 👌. Except for the little hiccup that I love GSF. I've been catching an occasional small BG and filleting it for my sunfish. BGs eat it reluctantly; GSF push and shove everyone else "outta da way."