^ Wow, catmandoo. Thats a very thoughtfull post above. I didn't want to make this topic to be to time consuming for people to add their thoughts, but you sure did cover alot of areas that are dear to most people that have ponds. Thank you. And yes, it is a hard one to reply to because of the variables. That is why I tried to give a basic set of questions above. But more info is always appreciated. grin

I hope the replies keep coming. It is good to see the different ways people relate to what a meal is. If you compare the weight of steak to fish, fish takes up alot more volume than a steak so it may not take as much pounds of fish to make a meal as most might think. At least if we are sight orientated to our hunger.