Well then, should I buy one bag of "bass" pellets (about three months' supply) or buy and hoard an extra bag? All I have now is "bluegill" and the big "bass throw" pellets. Ran out of a large bag of MVP about a month ago and now faced with re-stocking. I really like the Optimal "bass" pellets because they all float and they wedge into a small hook for bait...when the bluegill gets the pellet loose, he's hooked. Using (and conserving) the "bass throw" pellets for bait...cut a groove in the pellet, round it with a tiny rubber band, slip the hook under the band...catch the big bluegills of eleven or more inches, the occasional bass or hybrid striper, or one of two large channel cats (16 pounds)...the problem being, these fish get thrown back...well, you almost never land the cats on light tackle because they'll drag you into a fish attractor.
What you really need to do is purchase some Stubby Steve's Pellets. Get the original brown, and get them in the regular size and the "Chubby Stubby". They work phenomenal for catching fish. I use a #10 Owner Mosquito hook and hook a single regular pellet about 1/4 the way through the "corner" of a pellet so that the barb and the majority of the bend of the hook is open. If you need a wee bit more weight, run the hook through the center of one pellet, slide that up the hook so it has the eye of the hook in the center of the pellet then put another pellet on like I described earlier. I will fish them on either 2# or 4# test line, no bobber and no weight. Watch the line where it enters the water. When it twitches, set the hook - the pellets don't swim by themselves.
When you use the "Chubby Stubby" pellets, upsize the hook to a wide bend #2 or an Octopus style size #2.
https://www.stubbysteve.com/If you call them, tell Stacy that Scott from Hoosier Pond Pros said HI!
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