"I know that RES aren't usually pellet feeders, but can you count on other lepomis to come around to it eventually without specialized training techniques?"

It all depends. \:D I've seen wild bluegills go to pellets like kids to a swimming pool, and I've seen some not what anything to do with them. I think the main factor will be the amount of natural food available.


If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.