Hey Theo, where are you getting your fish, SMB seem hard to locate from NE In.I'll have to drive 130 miles. Rex, I'm very inexperienced at this growin fish challenge and I'm only guessing on the #s. I hope the FH spawn a couple of times and that I can get a YP spawn, that should put lots of forage in this small pond. Also the RES I'm putting in are 5-6" fish and hopefully they will fill my beach with craters. I also will be hand feeding 5 times per week. I want the kind of growth Chuck C has accomplished. Nice job considering the short growing summers of mid-upper Mich. Which demands the ?, how much of what are you feeding em Chuck? Bob-O