Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Caloric Densities for bass forage

Also what we pond managers are finding out is that the bigger the bass, the more weight of fish it has to eat to gain a pound.

I suppose you could equate that to the caloric requirement of a 6 year old to walk 100 yds vs. the caloric requirement of a 300 pound man to walk that same distance.

Caloric requirements would be needed to swim and when the fish try to catch a prey fish, they aren't successful every time. So, there are lots of calories expended without them being replaced.