Sunil, There is enough structure in place around the shore for the FHM. I upgraded that this past year. The problem we had last year was that we dropped up to 4 ft and that took away all of the side structure and drove the FHM into the deep water.

As for the SMB, he seemed thin but not sure if it died from lack of food. All I can say is that I dropped 6 # of minnows into the pond last week and they were gone in 3 days. This fish was alive then and he should have gotten some of them for food.


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1/10 - 1/4 acre pond plus 16 ft deep/ Plus 40 ft by 20 ft by 6 ft deep koi and fathead minnow pond next to it. Upstate NY