[/quote] I also did not use my automatic feeder last year at my main pond because of blue-green algae the year before. That and we are now raising so many pounds of fish already plus being fully retired and traveling more didn't think we could keep up with proper harvest.
The more a person manages a pond for performance, the more management the pond requires.[/quote]
Truer words were never spoken. The sharply increased cost of fish food & stocking forage fish has me rethinking my strategy. I suspect that I'm not alone in this. Pond management practices may need modification to account for different economic conditions.