If LMB are your passion, then you could stock pellet trained LMB (10-15) both sexes and just feed them daily to keep them growing. Cecil Baird1 has done that in one of his ponds. He could provide you with an estimate of the number of pounds of bass that could be grown in 0.05ac. If the adult bass do not keep the offspring eaten then periodic draining and restocking would be easy in a 0.5 ac pond. Another option would be to stock only HSB and feed them. No worry about reproduction, great fighting fish and you could grow 10-15 in 0.05ac. Once you catch a HSB 16"-20" (2.1-4.3 lb) you will forget about LMB as an angler's sport fish.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 05/12/14 10:42 AM.
