I am beginning to think that if I want to have large fish fast I am going to have to feed. I am wondering what feed costs and what one could expect to spend on feed a month for the size pond/fish that we are talking. I know I can get I timeable feeder and feed that way, but I am wondering what kind of investment this requires.

Also, if fish are fed pellets, does this make them harder to catch with rod and reel, or do you just put something on the hook that looks like pellets?

Is there no way that with a pond this size with an area of marsh that is at least double the pond that fatheads or golden shiners would be able to reproduce fast enough to keep up their population if I added enough to start? Or are they just not prolific enough of breeders?

Thanks for all the help with these questions, hope you aren't getting sick of me yet. I am just trying to absorb as much of this information as possible.

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