Re: Feeding Largemouth Bass WAS: Re: NANFA-- Collecting in New England

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 07:48:44 -0400

Try soaking the pellets first, to soften them up. Works great with sunnies.
If you don't have time for that, soak the pellets first, then freeze a whole
batch into separate smaller containers, and throw the frozen pellets in.
Just make sure the fish can't swallow large aggregations of frozen pellets.
Such a sudden cold shock could kill them.
----- Original Message -----
From: <EELReprah_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: Feeding Largemouth Bass WAS: Re: NANFA-- Collecting in New
England

>
> In a message dated 5/30/01 11:36:08 PM, claudettegoldstein_at_hotmail.com
writes:
>
> << I have tried non-live foods with no luck so far. Even after 2 weeks of
no
> live foods they wouldn't touch the non-live stuff ( won't even look at
> flakes, pellets, or dried or frozen shrimp, not even when I wiggle it)!
>>
>
> I have raised, smallmouth bass, bluegills and other sunfish on Purina
Trout
> Chow exclusively. They will eat it IF and only IF you crack the hard
exterior
> with a hammer or mortar and pestle before feeding. It isn't the size or
the
> content that they reject, but the hard exterior. Later when they are more
> used to it they will reluctantly take a whole pellet. I have a 13 inch
> bluegill at present that I raised on 99% trout pellets.
>
> Lee Harper
>
>
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