With all due respect I disagree - my feeder is elevated so when I stand up high while tossing feed out I can see my fish and the bottom - with Optimal a good percentage goes to the bottom - I have a healthy number of BG and bass - (no catfish) - so my question remains - once a pellet hits the bottom will BG go down and get it out of the muck?
To add to Augie's comment, any feed that does not float will probably will not physically sink into the bottom muck early on before it gets eaten.
see my post above - I failed to attach to your post
