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It all depends on how many pounds you plan on harvesting.

Aerating and feeding, I'll bet you can raise more pounds of fish in that pond than you can eat.

Think of it as an aquaculture pond instead of a sport fish pond. The biomass ultimately depends on the water quality, but there's some crazy numbers (to us pond guys) being produced from aquaculture ponds.

One such pond that I just sterilized will be getting anywhere between 4,000 and 6,000 LMB @ 6"-8" in length next week. Pond is 1.2 surface acres, max depth is 12' over 40% of the pond area. The plan is to raise them to 1.5 - 2 pounds each before seining and shipping to market. The shooters will be culled this fall and sent to market, the remainder will be market size next year.