Thanks guys,
I will try the middle some more. Perhaps I am still not presenting them with the right things. I am not feeding this year( so far), so there isn't that area for them to be hanging around.
As a side note: I have fed since re-doing the pond. No regrets about doing that. This year circumstances have been different, so no feeding. I will say that I definitely see a better/easier catch rate in my pond. I am enjoying it for the change that it is. It has let me see another version. However, whether feeding in the past, or now without feeding, summer and fall has always been a difficult period for catching the large BG. So much so, that I always get a feeling like something is happening to them, but then in the spring they show up for that short period of time.
