>
> 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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