No disrespect intended Shorty, but every time I read about concerns of fish being preyed on by birds, turtles, etc, I have to wonder, aren't the vast majority of private ponds under-fished? It seems to me that if the predators are being attracted it's because of an abundance of fish. Don't predators normally target the weaker, less healthy individuals anyway?
It's true that I don't have my own pond yet so I don't speak from experience. I tend to look for the irony in life, like the possibility that pond managers are trying to eliminate wild animals that are actually helping them manage a better, healthier pond. I'm not saying that's true in every case, but sometimes? What percentage of ponds have stunted fish because the owners don't harvest enough?
