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Re: Feeding during the winter Theo Gallus #544655 02/27/22 06:55 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 525 Likes: 36 lampasas texas T tim k Member
tim k Member T Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 525 Likes: 36 lampasas texas	Originally Posted by Theo Gallus Originally Posted by tim k I am being told that since I stocked Floridas I need to run my feeder once a day during the cold months for my bluegill? Told by whom? My BG do virtually no feeding when the water temp is below 50 degrees F. On nice, sunny Fall/Spring days when the temp is approaching/rising above that temp, I will toss out a few pellets to check feeding response. If present, I'll feed a little more. Feed volume consumed in a cold water week might be half of what the BG eat on a warm Summer day. And honestly, under these conditions I'm feeding probably more for my enjoyment than for the BG's. I would not want to have an automatic feeder going under these conditions, putting feed in the pond whether or not it was being eaten. You have to understand that I am in Texas - pond temps even during the winter are around 50-60. I had a "pond management" guy tell me that since I put Floridas in that I should feed my bluegills during the winter because the Floridas hit them hard. Anytime I have tried feeding during winter I could not get the bluegill to eat