ejime, it has taken 10 years to get fish that big but I do feed them on a daily basis. I use aquamax 500. I don't know how one gets wild fish to eat pellets. I bought my fish from a fish farm and they had been feed trained prior to buying them. It only took about 3 years to get 1 inch BG up to a half pound. I have had no trouble with crappie and BG reproducing even though my pond bottom is mostly muck. They find areas near shore where they sweep away the muck and make nests. Good luck fishing.


Gotta get back to fishin!