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I mentioned a few posts back that when I cleaned some fish (mostly YP and a few SMB) that they had crawfish in them. Mostly golden shiners, but some crawfish too. I also cleaned a pretty large RES. We have a lot of them, and when the grandkids use worms catch several.
The only fish I cleaned that had any food from the feeder was the RES. I am sure the last two purchases of YP that I bought were not trained to eat fish food. I watched the feeder go off last night. The water boils, and the food is gone in minutes.
My question is, am I only feeding the RES? Will the YP I stocked a few years ago learn to come to the feeder? We did catch some YP that were in the 2” range, they were going after minnows. Maybe the next generation of YP will come to the feeder?
I did not want to start a new thread on whether or not my YP can adapt and come to the feeder. I’m just wondering what fish I’m actually feeding, and why?? I’m sure the golden shiners used to hit the feed too, but I’m not even sure about them any more.
My water clarity is way down due to recent rains.
Another note,, it looks like the drought eliminated all my American Pond Weed. Either that or the large numbers of crawfish. But it hasn’t come back this year. The pond is up about 2.5 feet as a result of the rain, so there’s a lot of submerged weeds around the edges. I doubt it’ll be there very long.