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How does everyone catch pellet trained HSB? Mine are getting to the size they will be a great fight.
Thanks
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Match the 'hatch' so to speak.
When I first had HSB in my main pond, years ago, they would hit whatever you threw in while they were pellet feeding.
The current crop of HSB I have in my neighborhood retention pond will only hit pellet feed, while feeding, and nothing else. So you have to fish with something that looks like a pellet.
george has been instrumental in making pellet flies. Some have taken panty hose material and stuffed them to imitate a pellet.
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Stubby Steves is what I recommend:  https://www.stubbysteve.com/ VERY easy to "match the hatch."
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Try a live golden shiner.
If that doesn't work try the Stubby Steves recommended above
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Live Golden Shiner always did it for me at my main pond. Here in the 'hood,' I don't have regular (any) access to shiners.
Forgot about Stubbys.
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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I accidentally found out while fishing for BG that fishing a cricket on the bottom works very well. I hooked about 5 in a row (only stocked 17 total) but only landed one on ultralight as the others broke off so I stopped fishing on the bottom. I note that I didn't hook any while fishing with crickets under a cork.
1 ac pond LMB, BG, RES, CC 
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Yeah even my bigger BG are very picky now with a cork on the line. They know better.
RC
You would thing they could put that together... but I think some of them do.
The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
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