Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Is Fast Bass Growth Optimal?

Cecil, your short-lived footballs seem very analogous to humans - they are healthier and live longer when they're a little hungry and exercising all the time, trying to find food.

Humans have the ability to store temporarily excess food supplies as fat, which was a survival advantage before refrigerators and constantly available food supplies. Add all-you-can-eat food availability (growing more ubiquitous in affluent societies since the invention of agriculture) to the human urge to eat when food is available and you get short-lived fat people.

In addition to the dietary imperfections that feed trained bass live with ("no diet out there specifically for largemouth bass yet")- they're couch potatoes. And just like with us - it's bad for them.