Update about my pond: Still haven't caught any decent bass. A couple of 6" or under is all that I've caught (or rather the kids have caught while Bluegill fishing.) Haven't fished it a ton, but enough that I would expect to have gotten a few.

My daughter was catching some decent bluegill on a fly rod a couple days ago, so that was encouraging. Before that it was almost all really dinky bluegill.

Pond was getting pretty weedy (I was told it was curly pond weed) but has now been treated and weeds are quickly disappearing and water looks good.

I was told by a neighbor that the pond is only about 6' deep, so that may limit how well the fish can do long term I guess. Did see a nice sized catfish cruise up through the shallows at one point. Probably around 4lbs or so.