What great advice from all of you. Thanks everyone and thanks Nedoc for letting me steal your thread for a few questions.
I feel exactly the same way. Thanks all, and Nedoc thanks for letting me pose a question or two.
9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these. I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023