Thanks Bill, yes my goal is to build the cages ASAP....just waiting on the 3 way PVC corner fittings. The perch are easier to catch now with the water warming. I need to check my home PC for your pellet feeding info and get this experiment started so I can give feedback to this forum. My 9-10" LMB are numerous in the lake from previous spawns, they love those spinning baits and are becoming very aggressive in their attack...QUESTION are they the offspring from the few 20 spring adult bass I introduced to the lake in 2002 when propert was purchased or the 102 spring adult bass I caught and purchased in early May 2003? All these LMB are good relative weight with big bellies. My thinking is these bass are from the initial spawn in 2002 mostly but the #'s where much greater for 2003 spawn for SW Ontario in a lake that had a forage base of stunted YP and 2002 spring introduced adult BG. In either case these LMB are only 2nd or 3rd year bass with the entire growing season ahead of them????

Rowly