It's not often that a plan works for me, but I am thrilled w/the growth of my HBG and the overall progress of my pond. Just stocked as one inchers last September, some of these HBG are already pushing 5 inches, and just this week was I able to get them to take feed. Perhaps the mild winter helped, but I had no idea they grew so fast. I'm assuming growth will be much slower from this point?? I'm also amazed at the amount of fatheads. I've got 10 pallets and some cedars staked, and already the pond is teeming w/these guys. I can't wait to get the walleyes in this fall and the HSB next spring. Thank you, PondBoss!! I can't begin to tell you all how much your knowledge and experience has helped.