It all depends on your fishery goals. That small of a pond won't support very many LMB, and if you C&R, they will get hook shy pretty quickly. figure 25%-30% of the sunfish population to be RES. To grow LMB quickly, stock 20 BG/RES per each LMB. If you want to grow large BG, cut that number in half. As for the YP numbers, I'll let Bill Cody tell ya. He knows YP better than I do.

Here's per surface acre stocking numbers. Adjust the numbers accordingly for your sized pond.

Growing LMB quickly - 2,000 BG/acre (with the % of RES in that number. 50-75 LMB per acre.

To grow large BG, cut the number of BG/acre in half, and up the LMB to 100-125 per acre.


That's stocking fingerling fish - i.e. young of the year.

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3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).