I’m feeding my YP Optimal BG feed. They clean it up in seconds. Along with the HBG. Cleaned several YP a week ago. All were full of the Optimal, and most were caught at the opposite end of the 1 ac pond from the feeder. I was mixing in the Bass formula Optimal feed last year, but ended up with a very strange blue green clumped algae explosion. Not sure if it was dangerous, but I stopped feeding at all for several months. It scared me a bit. Just feeding the BG feed now, for a 5 second burst at dawn. We are releasing all the larger YP we catch. Only found two ribbons this spring, I’m hoping there were others in deeper water.

Last edited by SetterGuy; 06/06/20 03:14 PM.
9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep.
RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these.
I think that's about all I should put in my little pond.
Otter attack in 2023