Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat Creating habitat above water

This will be my last question for a little bit, I'm new to the forum and have already asked a ton of questions I had built up in my head before finding the forum.

Anyway, being a trout fisherman I know how important insects are to trout. My question isn't exactly like my title says about creating habitat above water, but sort of...I'm wondering if mowing down and keeping a perfectly mowed fescue lawn right up to the pond edge is a bad thing or does it matter? Every time I go down to the pond there are so many insects in what I have now which is a 4 foot buffer of 4-5 foot brushy growth and weeds; and it's inevitable that insects get fall into the pond. I'm wondering how many baitfish feed off these insects and will I negatively impact the size of the fish in my pond by keeping a well groomed and manicured area around the pond?