Cecil, for me a pond is for sport fishing ....period!!!
Like Eric says.."Its about management ! Each to his/her on liking."
I want to grow my fish as fat as I can and quick as I can.
When I can go to our ponds and catch numbers of trophy size CNBG and a 4 or 5 lb HSB each trip, it don't get any better than this.
Yeah, I overfeed at times but manage with tilapia and
"state of art" aeration systems but can't control drought shrinkage water body but have a blast with my flies...
Never eat my pets and not a "aint that pretty pond" guy - strictly sport fishing for me.....
Cull a lot of fish to little pond tho...
By the way, just switched to Cargill feed - Texas Hunter feeder won't handle those big AQMX 600 pellets - Overton checked feeder - spin plate on max setting.
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