Both SMB and HSB vastly prefer AM LMB formula over anything I've offered to date [Optimal, Skretting various formulas and pellet sizes]. Something about the AM LMB nugget turns those larger fish on like nothing else does.
Just to totally confuse the issue, my SMB would hammer the LMB pellets when they landed in the water, then immediately spit them out. Never did take to them, even when I tried hydrating, or even breaking in half. I'd like to try again now that I have HSB in the pond, as competition does seem to get the smallies stirred up. I do see some SMB taking AM 600 and Optimal, as well as the larger Skretting pellets, and I catch smaller and midsized SMB on pellet imitations occasionally--but rarely the larger fish.
