I feed in about 3-4’ of water in a small feeding ring. I have observed the BG and HSB have no issue removing pellets off the bottom of a pond and will even pick them out of FA. The BG generally spit pellets until they hydrate unless they are very large fish who seem to have no issue crushing and consuming a dry pellet. I personally like a sinking feed as it allows the fish to self feed for several hours. Once they are full they will repeatedly return to the feeding area and top themselves off until all the feed is consumed off the bottom. Floating feed and wind creates more waste but sometimes helps since it ends up in the shallows where smaller fish tend to have a chance at it.

With a sinking feed I would think feeding at shallower depths will help prevent any waste by giving the fish more opportunities to graze off the bottom if they missed any pellets the first round. My pond has good visibility and these observations were made with me in the water. I feed Aquamax 500

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