I have a TH Hanging feeder here that a customer changed his mind on - he went with the directional feeder and put it on his dock. Mostly due to the ease in filling it vs. the hanging feeder.

There are no TH brackets to "bolt it" to a post - it has to hang. You could bolt it to a post by drilling a couple of holes through the feed hopper but then you'd have to waterproof the holes AND make sure that the feeder top is above the post to get the lid on and off.

How will you fill the feeder? It slings the feed in a 360° circle, and you add blocking panels to make the feed "not" throw to the side that you block off, but the feed will then drop straight down.

Filling it from a boat will take 2 people. One person to hold the boat steady by the feeder, the other person fills the feeder.

Typically it's 1 feeder per acre, but that is all based on a persons goals too. I have a customer that has a 4 acre pond with one feeder and he has Bluegill, Hybrid Bluegill and Redear Sunfish over 2 pounds.

If you are feeding Bluegills to create more forage fish for the bass, then you probably will be feeding both Optimal Bluegill Jr and Optimal Bluegill feeds.

I agree with Bill Cody, your feeding goals and your harvest goals are needed.

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