I'd bite the bullet and order the Stubby Steve. It has size, smell and color of a pellet. And keep journaling this experience please.
https://www.stubbysteve.com/ If I was culling the fish, I would definitely get some Stubbys, but they recommend a small hook for floaty purposes and, at this point, I am afraid of them swallowing the hooks.
I am definitely going to glue a few pellets to an appropriately sized larger hook this evening with Elmer's and see what that does. Since Elmer's didn't kill Terri R. in the 1st grade (she ate a lot of that stuff)...it won't hurt my fish...LOL. I guess multiple Stubbys on a single hook may also work, but I'm not waiting on the mail, tonight's the night!
