How much do our coarse fish eat?

[Zerkalo]

Article from the AT.

How much do our coarse fish eat? — Angling Times

FISH being cold-blooded, the amount of food they need to eat varies considerably throughout the year, with more energy required when the water is warm than when it’s cold. On a typical summer’s day a carp will need to eat 0.1 per cent of its bodyweight. This means that a 10lb carp will need 2oz of

www.anglingtimes.co.uk

Nothing much surprising here, we all know fish eat less in winter, but it's quite a bit less.

This explains why I will only use micros through the feeder with preferably 'low feed' groundbait in winter. My approach, only fishing cage feeders is a bit boom or bust. I considered switching to a bomb yesterday when not catching regularly but stuck it out with a small cage feeder. I've said before I think on commercials I think I can throw quite a bit of said groundbait and micros at the fish, at least on a good day, but when it's difficult it's probably time to rethink my quite narrow approach.

 

[Dave]

I generally find they eat one pellet less than what I have on my hook

 

[Lee Richards]

All depends if they are in a natural environment or a Commercial where every fish is starving and has to fight for it's life to survive.

 

[Zerkalo]

Yesterday I mixed up half a kilo of groundbait mixed 70/30 with micros and after a day of feeder fishing had half of it left so at least it brings the bait bill down a bit.

This video recommends starting off not feeding at all. Seems to be a common tactic.

 

[Dave]

^^ Was that opening image taken on a River?

(time to go cook lunch........ )

 

[Silverfisher]

Having a pond has been quite a good indicator of how well fish are feeding. Mine were like piranhas up until about 6 weeks ago then slowed up a fair bit then in the last couple weeks they’ve hardly wanted to eat at all.

 

[Zerkalo]

That video is at Decoy Lakes if I'm right.

We have a pond but only 3 goldfish in there and my dad feeds them, they barely eat in winter too.