My question...At what depth of water should I hand throw the feed for the best results to get the fish to start feeding?

background info:

I just stocked my pond with feed trained RES, HBG, and HSB. The pond is plum full of FHM.

I have a deer feeder set up that has been slightly modified to throw fish feed, but I do not want to start using it until I know the fish will consume the cup or so of feed that the feeder throws on it's lowest time setting...so, I will be hand feeding after work for a while and just throwing a 1/4 cup of an evening until fish start eating well. My dock extends out into the pond just over the 8 foot deep mark and the feeder will eventually hang over the side in the 7 foot area.


Fish on!,
Noel