The feed helps the target fish grow directly. It also helps them have stronger spawns by producing more eggs, and perhaps whatever the male fish discharges.

The bass will benefit by ingesting feed indirectly by eating the bluegill and GSH.

Bass will also start eating feed directly themselves if they are around the activity long enough.


Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."