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Tony/TJ/George/others this is what's cool about all the different ways we feed. We're all trying to hit that sweet spot for our particular situations, or for different results.
Good thread.
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TJ, I know you don't have much shade on your pond, but in mine, I see fish feeding on pellets in the shade rather than in the full sun. Even YP in the middle of the day feed in the shaded portion of the pond.
While I know my feed trained LMB also eat fish, when there are pellets on the water they aren't interested in fish, only pellets.
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just for reference, and because it never gets old, here's a feeding of my fish in the evening about 3 weeks ago. 20 sec feeding IIRC http://tinypic.com/r/2a0by4p/8
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Has anyone ever studied about how many pellets a fish will consume in a feeding? I know that is going to depend on size of fish and size of pellet. But I was just curious, do they eat just one? Probably not. Probably like Lays potato chips, can't eat just one. But do they eat 25 pellets? Probably not also. So what would a fish consume on average. 4 or 5 maybe???? Inquiring minds want to know! You can make something up if you just want to shut me up with the stupid questions. 
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TJ, what size and how many? Lemee check the stocking regs for NE. Instead of coming out with an empty tank I could come out with one full. I have access to 4"-6" up to a couple pounds each.
snrub, I think it all depends on the size of the fish and the size of the pellets. CC in my pond probably consume more than 50 AM600 pellets each. I've seen LMB suck up 5-10 AM600 pellets in one gulp.
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Has anyone ever studied about how many pellets a fish will consume in a feeding? I know that is going to depend on size of fish and size of pellet. But I was just curious, do they eat just one? Probably not. Probably like Lays potato chips, can't eat just one. But do they eat 25 pellets? Probably not also. So what would a fish consume on average. 4 or 5 maybe???? Inquiring minds want to know! You can make something up if you just want to shut me up with the stupid questions. They'll eat quite a bit. I once watched a single, northern strain female BG lazily eat 15 AQ500 pellets in a row.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.
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snrub, I've wondered the same thing. I wouldn't mind throwing 10 pounds a day for the next few months, but it irks me to see wasted fish food floating against the bank and not get eaten.
My CNBG have the length to put on much more weight than they're carrying, I just can't figure out how to get that last little jump I'm looking for. I really don't see them adding much weight after June/July.
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snrub, I've wondered the same thing. I wouldn't mind throwing 10 pounds a day for the next few months, but it irks me to see wasted fish food floating against the bank and not get eaten.
My CNBG have the length to put on much more weight than they're carrying, I just can't figure out how to get that last little jump I'm looking for. I really don't see them adding much weight after June/July. You need shrimp in there. Good excuse to come up and visit again - especially when Scott rolls into town this Spring for CSBG and another project you're gonna want to witness.
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hmmm...just found out this morning that my fish won't feed with a dead cormorant foraging over their feeding grounds.
Wow my water color changes pretty fast when there's that much unused feed. Lost about 3-4 inches in vis, and I'd wondered if it was just runoff or algae bloom.
I hadn't checked my pond in the morning in a while because I thought those bastages had migrated by now...
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