Identical to my observations as well. Not sure why, but blooworms will get scavenged, but never pellets. For a decade I had bluegill in a tank, and the pellets that sank to the bottoom would sit forever--even if the fish were starving. I don't understand this, but have observed. Odd.
Bloodworms are like crack cocaine to fish, they seem to be highly addicted to them, not sure why but they are. Even my SMB showed a strong preference for bloodworms over pellets in my tank when they were fed a mix of both. I did have a 2-3 SMB that would scavenge a few pellets of the bottom but majority of the pellets that hit the bottom of the tank went ignored.
Just an idea, I might have to try chumming an ice fishing hole with some thawed bloodworms slowly sinking down the hole past my waxworm.
