Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Pounds of feed for forage fish per Acre ?

I am looking for a ballpark figure: The average # of pounds per acre per day that people are feeding their forage fish during the warm months? pounds per acre per month?

I hand throw & seconds on a feeder does not help me.

Anyone else having trouble getting food? Tractor Supply says that they can't get the food they regularly carry in store, the manufacturer can't get the ingredients? First time I have had a problem in 30yrs.

I used to order from esshup's online store, HoosierPondPros.com, but he's fixing some things, so now I order direct from Optimal and they ship to your door, and the cost is included in the price, IIRC.

I hand feed (3) sizes of feed (Bluegill, Bass, and Hand Throw).

For my 1/4 acre neighborhood pond, I usually feed about 300 lbs. worth of feed a year. That breaks down to about (2) bags of each of (3) sizes of feed. Some of the feed bags are 40 lbs, so you could say 240 - 300 lbs of feed a year.

I feed 400-500 pounds of Aquamax 500/600 in two ponds totaling about 6/5 of an acre.

I feed from March through October most years, but with slower feeding rates early and late, it probably is about 6 months worth of feeding at the top rate,

Feeding different food will change how much you feed. 120# of Tractor Supply feed will grow roughly the same amount of fish flesh as 40# of Optimal due to the better digestibility of the Optimal feed.

This might or might not help you, but figure on feeding 1%-5% fish food of the fish weight that is in the pond. What I do is just feed what my pocketbook can afford, the max is no feed floating on the surface 15 minutes after the first pellet hits the surface. The fish in my pond can eat 100# of Optimal Bass and Bluegill feed in less than 3 weeks and still be looking for more to eat.........