John, thanks for that additional input.

I remember how effectively your were at sampling your forage pond with your cast net! (I think I recall that you would even use that method to collect a few RES and then bucket stock the correctly sized fish to some of your other ponds.)

I also remember that even though you "cleared" the pond, we managed to find a few broken pieces of cinder blocks as soon as the seine was pulled through.

I am trying to design a forage pond that is binary - portions will have heavy structure and objects, and portions will have ZERO obstructions.