im kind of currious to with all the MFK's out there keeping gars, do u ever hand feed?? or am i just playing cat and mouse with the enevitable outcome of my florida currently at 11-12" i call Charlie, getting my finger? i feed him and my 3 pbass shrimp i cut up, and he doesnt always hand feed but as my bass are more and more accustomed to it now so has he been. sooo....any opinions? i do know that once he gets bigger i dont really plan to keep this habit, but i dont see why not for the time being.