Yes man do yourself a huge favor and stock forage for a year before any predators. and if you want to catch big fish feeding is esential. I would never have a pond without feeding pellets. The whole reason to have a pond is to catch big fish. I mean for atleast 90% of us. Feeding does wonders for the fish. Ive owned my pond for 5 years and started feeding 3 years ago and i can tell now how much bigger and fatter everbody is. Yesterday i caught the biggest bluegill i have ever caught. This thing was massive. It looked like someone aired him up like a balloon. I mean every part of him was fat even his tail. I caught him on a chubby steve pellet.
