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I just received a phone call from Optimal. They have just finished the first run of their bass food on the new mill. It's a 7mm pellet, which is a hair larger than 1/4" but a hair smaller than 5/16". They have not run the Hand Throw Bass Food yet, but soon.

Hi Pond Boss Family,

March 1st is the day we consider the start of each season! The last few years have been a wild ride we have all shared. But, despite the insanity in the world, we have grown quite a lot. We are proud to announce the opening of our feed mill in Omaha, NE. The mill will allow us to further improve our feed lines, quality control, shipping times, and customer experience. It will also allow us to fast-track our innovation and evaluation process to ensure the highest quality in the ingredients, formulations, and results in the fish as well as the water. We have an Aqualab with over 24,000 gallons of water under one roof, which has allowed us to perform ongoing trials on such things as palatability, digestibility, growth, and performance over the last two years, which has further strengthened our formulations. We are also excited to have two Optimal test ponds in our backyard this year, one 60-year-old pond and one new pond.

We have appreciated everyone's support and patience as we try to build out a feed company focused on performance and quality instead of changing formulations based on the lowest cost ingredients available at the time of manufacturing. It has been a rollercoaster for all of us, and without all of you supporting Optimal, it would not have been possible.

Now to the topic of this thread. We plan to have both Optimal Bass and Optimal Handthrow back in stock this month! Optimal Bass will continue to be a 9mm pellet. Based on many requests, we have been working on a new formulation we are calling Optimal Bass Junior. We have heard from many of you on sizes of bass feed they would love for us to offer, and curious to hear what the Pond Boss family thinks would be an ideal size for Bass Junior. Let us know your thoughts on a juvenile bass feed, if there is a feed you would like to see, or if you have any additional input that can help us make sure we are getting you what you wish you had!

Thanks again for all the support throughout the years, and looking forward to this season and all the phone calls, pictures, and stories we get from our incredible customers. Talk to you all soon!
Optimal Fish Food

Touche'....Freak.

FireIsHot does kind of look like a bullhead...

Sunil does kind of look like a bonehead...

Danny, what kind of fish attractors do you use? Many artificial ones are advertised as being much easier on hangups than natural wood, is that what you find?

So the new Bass has half of the fat?

The bass food is 44/8

If a fighting fish gets snagged on any "attractor" it usually stays snagged until it breaks loose...one wrap around and the resistance is too much. Christmas trees to start, replaced with those balls into which you glue pieces of 1/2 " pvc, and added two Mossbacks also. I have pulled out almost all of them for now...they do make interesting sculptures laying around the landscape. I love the water lilies...at the peak of summer they cover about 20% of the pond...and I've never lost a fish even when caught in the middle of the lilies, to be hauled ten feet to clear.

Well, with seven acres (vs my 1/10th), you can make those big "colonies" of attractors (like Mossback's)...say one colony for bass to hang out and another tighter colony for the little fish...then fish between the attractor colonies.