If you do fence off an area, I would suggest putting fishing string or some protection along the bank and over the top.
My pallets in my forage pond were a perfect perching spot of the green herons to perch on and eat FHM. Be aware if you have concentrated fish and the fishing birds discover it, smorgasbord time.
Raccoons also along the bank portion.
I had a GBH last year that would stand on the dock by the fish feeder. Feeder goes off and it just flops down in the middle of the fish feeding frenzy, gets a fish, and very clumsily takes off in the water with the fish. I did not even know GBH would take fish in open water or could take off in water. But this sure could anyway.
