anthropic: the trapdoor snails I purchased are live bearing and have relatively soft shells. I am not an expert at all, but the sales pitch I was given was that it was a fish foraging food. I have seen hundreds of the tiny snails along the shore all summer long. I assume my bass are eating some, and the FHM would pick the tiny ones out of the shallows. But that is only an assumption.

The trout put and take stocking I did last year was the best thing I ever did in my pond. We hand feed the BG, HSB, koi, and I even have 2 LMB pellet trained. So fishing for them does bring some guilt. BUT, when I know the trout are temporary and if I don’t catch them they will die, it becomes a lot more fun fishing! I would recommend it to everybody!