Ric,

Maybe I didn't explain myself or hypothesis adequately. A LMB that has to catch its food naturally will be more aggressive than a LMB that can just sit back and pick off BG at the feeders. A LMB accoustomed to "gathering" food rather than having it served up to it, will be more likely to chase artificial lures/flies. Thats my hypothesis, that I'm testing out in a pond entirely without feeders.

I believe I will be trading LMB top-end size for aggressiveness. My interest is in having 4 to 8 pound LMB, that can be caught, rather than 8 to 10 pound LMB that can be observed. Hope this helps explain my thinking, which I'll be the first to admit may be completely screwed up.

But I'll say this again, in that Pond, I'm seeing very aggressive LMB behavior, very aggressive. Time will tell, but its fun even if it fails. Thanks for responding.