A bit limited on experience but with the cooler temps I have noticed the fish feeding less as well, but they are still hitting the food. On the warmest part of the day there is more activity. As a result we have changed our feeding to follow their pattern. Shorter feed times and have started to mix in a sinking food (previously 100% floating - Optimal BG and added in 100% sinking Optimal Winter). On the warm days when I've been on site I have hand thrown the 50/50 mix and when the fish eat readily I throw more if there's not much of a response I stop.

On a side note the Optimal Winter is a larger pellet at 10mm. After putting it in the feeder I checked operation and had to adjust the feeding plate in the Texas Hunter feeder to allow the larger pellet to pass through. It's super easy to do. From there I tested the rate at 2 seconds and weighed it to see how much food I was putting out. If the fish activity drops again....I can still shorten it to a 1 second feeding or cut that rate in half. Plan is to hold that same rate until we ice over as we aren't aerated yet.

I'm not sure what you are feeding the fish but adding in some sort of sinking food may help your fish when they aren't as agressive on floating food.

Seems as though the GSH and FHM are still happy to hit the floating so it doesn't appear to be going to waste.

Largest BG we have sampled this year is 7.5" and the 10mm pellet is pretty large for them. Personally wish it was a little smaller but I'm pretty sure if they are hungry they will eat it either on the fall or once it softens up a little in the water.

Sounds like your LMB are doing well at growing to 9" in 4ish months. Keep up the good work!

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