Thanks for the replies. The 3-8" in a year seemed like it would be a best case scenario. I could count the number of bg over 8" I've caught and have fingers left over. They just don't seem to get that big around here, at least where I've fished. It got up into the upper 60's here yesterday and I was feeding the trout near dark and saw some bg cruising the shallows. I tossed a few pellets in and they came up to check them out but only one took one. Hopefully they'll start taking them when the water warms up some more, which it should if the forecast goes as planned the next week. I also did some bass fishing yesterday evening and caught 8 fish in an hour and a half span. Broken down into size class, there were two at 8" inches, four at 10", one each at 11" and 13". One of the smaller ones looked skinny but the rest weren't really fat but didn't look like they were missing a lot of meals, either.
