Meadowlark,
I know what you mean. Even though I feed fish in three ponds (fourth pond has no fish in it at the present time), and it takes some time to get it done, I look forward to it. I find it therapeutic. I feed twice a day but the first feeding at daybreak can be a little rough as it's before 5 A.M. now. If our state followed daylight savings time it would be an hour later but nooooooooooooooooo!
I also enjoy seeing the fish increase in size over time.
I don't even fish the public lakes anymore. My fish are larger, and when I did fish the public lakes in the past, the small average size was a let down.