Originally Posted by J. E. Craig
I am looking for a ballpark figure: The average # of pounds per acre per day that people are feeding their forage fish during the warm months? pounds per acre per month?

I hand throw & seconds on a feeder does not help me.

Anyone else having trouble getting food? Tractor Supply says that they can't get the food they regularly carry in store, the manufacturer can't get the ingredients? First time I have had a problem in 30yrs.


Feeding different food will change how much you feed. 120# of Tractor Supply feed will grow roughly the same amount of fish flesh as 40# of Optimal due to the better digestibility of the Optimal feed.

This might or might not help you, but figure on feeding 1%-5% fish food of the fish weight that is in the pond. What I do is just feed what my pocketbook can afford, the max is no feed floating on the surface 15 minutes after the first pellet hits the surface. The fish in my pond can eat 100# of Optimal Bass and Bluegill feed in less than 3 weeks and still be looking for more to eat.........

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