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I'ma bit confused on the fish. Is that what is in the pond now, or what you are thinking of stocking?

Here's a few things to consider:

A largemouth will eat fish that are 1/3 to 1/4 it's own length.

It takes 10# of fish (forage) to put one pound on one largemouth.

If there are adult fish in the pond now, the fatheads (FHM)will only last a week to a month. They will not survive in your pond. The best forage fish for LMB (largemouth) is BG.

If the LMB in your pond are that big now, then the Brookies will be a quick snack for them. I'd try RBT at 12" long, maybe only 25 of them to see if they'd survive the summer. I'd hate to see you put in 50 of them and have them only last until June or so.

Typically, a one acre pond will support about 50# of predators as adults, but that is started out by stocking around 50 to 100 LMB, and 1,000 BG per acre (as fingerlings).