Originally Posted by Fyfer123
2) Do pellets quickly break up in the stomach of the fish. She had lots of fine "guck" in her stomach, but no defined pellets. Are those likely pellets?
I haven't ever fed trout, but IME with sunfish and bass, what goes in as pellets is clearly identifiable as former pellets when it comes out. Pellet poop is the same color as pellets.

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