Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Feed trained bass, pets?

I finally decided to get some LMB this spring, just a dozen to keep up with the pumpkin seeds. What a fun bunch they have turned out to be!

I have been regularly feeding the fish in the morning and evening, which usually everyone including the turtles make an appearance. But the bass, as I walk around the pond, will find me and follow me. The faster I walk, the faster they swim to keep up. I stop, they stop. I reverse direction from where I feed them, they wait. I swear you can see the little question marks and exclamation points over their heads.

The feed is the same stuff they were raised on, and is probably getting too small for them. They are still babies though, about 6-8”. They seem smarter than the average fish.

Very entertaining!

How the heck am I going to want to go fishing for these bass? The little guys were swimming with me yesterday. They all swam with me to my float raft from the dock, all 12 accounted for. I’m sure they just wanted more food, but what this is new and pretty fun. I wasn’t swimming all that fast.

I always thought bass were nothing more than mouths and stomachs. A heck of a lot more fun than the perch and black crappie which vaporize the moment your in the water.

Now if only my 14yo dog would stop waking me up at 5am so I wouldn’t be posting here entirely too early.