...Maybe you just haven't found out what they like yet?
No, I have NOT. Next on the list is a live crawdad. Surely I have tried this seeing how I have so many, but I don't recall. I will try again.
That HSB looks too good to be true...nice-n-fat!
Augie - do YOU have a hand crank Ma Bell Stashed away somewhere...lol!
If they are eating pellets, here's how to catch them. I've done it plenty of times, and people that come to fish in the pond say that they can't catch them. So I rig up this way, stand right next to them and catch one asap. They look at me dumbfounded. I tell them how catch the fish, even give them a packet of Stubby Steve's. They don't follow the recipe is why they aren't catching them.
Follow the recipe.........
2,4 or 6 pound test line, depending on how much cover they can get tangled up in. Fluorocarbon line works better than mono. #10 or #8 Owner Mosquito Hook.
https://www.ownerhooks.com/product/mosquito-hook-black-chrome/Tie it on with a good strong knot, I use the improved clinch knot a lot, or a Uni knot. Set the drag. Go actually weigh something that is 1/4 to 1/3 the breaking strength of the line. Pick it up with the hook and the full length of the rod, letting the rod bend and having the line run through the guides. Make sure that there is nothing overhead, if the line breaks or the knot gives away you don't want the rod slamming into anything overhead. Set the drag so you can barely lift the weight off of the ground with the drag slowly slipping. Not keep your cotton picking fingers off of the drag - DO NOT adjust it when you are fighting the fish. Just hold the rod tip up high. Reel down, stop reeling and lift the fish with the rod. Don't reel when the fish is taking drag, it will only twist the line.
Use a spinning rod that is rated for the appropriate line weight. Use a good spinning reel where the drag works smoothly.
Order some Stubby Steve's Original Pellets. Get the "Brown Fish Food Pellet"
http://stubbysteves.mybigcommerce.com/pellets/Put the hook through the center of one, slide it up so it covers the eye of the hook and the knot. Put the hook through the corner of another one so the gap of the hook is clear and open. Toss it out where you normally throw out the food (you could chum with half a handful of food). Let it do it's thing for 30 seconds, and if nothing grabs it, reel it in and toss it near where the fish are hitting the surface. Watch the line where it is floating on top of the water or right where it enters the water. If it twitches, set the hook, the pellets don't swim by their own.....
Good luck!!.
