Originally Posted by ArkieJig
Originally Posted by ewest
Fish will travel a long way to get food. One feeder on 5 acres is plenty from a distance perspective. A reason to hand feed in several locations is so small fish feel safe in feeding in structure. Example it's one thing for a 12-inch LMB to travel 400 yards to feed (no big deal) but for a 3-inch BG it is a different story. Feeder placement is guided by goals. For general feeding I put structure (xmas trees) in place to give small fish a secure area to feed with some food landing outside the structure for larger fish.

Thanks that answers my questions but brings up some. I haven’t thought of. I never see any bass feeding on the pellets that I’m throwing. I will see them bust the brim when they’re feeding good. It may be the feed. It’s a partial sinking feed aquamax sport fish MVP
I primarily got it because it has some small pellets mixed in for the small brim. Any suggestions on a feed that may be better preferably I could pick up from tractor supply to save shipping.

TSC food is actually much more expensive than the food that you have shipped in (like Endurance) if you look at the pounds of fish grown per pound of fish food thrown out into the pond. In the test that I did years ago, it took 4# of TSC food to equal 1# of Optimal (now Endurance).

LMB won't eat fish food unless they have been trained from hatching to eat fish food (feed trained fish). While some pond owners see non feed trained LMB eating pellets, it's typically less than 10% of the LMB in the pond.

Personally I don't like to throw sinking food because I want to see how much food is consumed. If I want to throw sinking food I will hydrate some and throw it out by hand.

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