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#558560 05/21/23 03:49 PM
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Hello all,

In my one acre pond, I usually feed all of my trout floating pellets at one corner of the pond about three times weekly and have great results in terms of fish showing up to eat and good sized trout. However, for whatever reason this week the group of trout that eats in the corner (I would guess 25 fish around) all moved across the pond to a different area where we keep a small boat tied up and were swimming there for about a week. They don't usually leave that corner and just swim around waiting for food all day. Now half of them have moved back to the corner and the other half are still by the boat. It's kind of odd to me they would leave their feeding area, so I was just curious if anyone experienced something like this and if there's a reason for it? In five years or more they've never moved from their regular spot which is convenient to feed them all in one place.

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Any predators hit the pond?

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Haven’t heard of that. My fish caller is a 4 wheeler on my back pond. When they hear it, they are waiting.


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Thanks for the responses. I didn't see any new predators in the pond but I did think that would be a good reason they'd move. As of now the trout are still split in two groups, but I'm only feeding in their old area with the hope the rest will come back.


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Possibly an insect hatch in that area. if the pond bottom is different such as one area has plants, gravel, sand or depth you can have an insect hatch in one area. My trout were very predictable but insect hatches did sometimes change their routine. Just a thought.

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Possibly an insect hatch in that area. if the pond bottom is different such as one area has plants, gravel, sand or depth you can have an insect hatch in one area. My trout were very predictable but insect hatches did sometimes change their routine. Just a thought.

I think this is a very likely possibility. My trout seem pretty keyed in on feeding on the surface, and I think some insects on the surface might have attracted them. There was a lot of activity in the corner where they moved to. Most have moved back to the regular feeding area, which is good since the water temperatures have warmed and they are eating really well now.


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