I haven't updated the status of our brood/growout pond in a while, and I'll post a more complete picture of what we did soon.
In short, 2015 was the year we hammered this 1/4 acre pond pretty heavily. It's continued to produce large numbers of both forage and breeder sized CNBG, winter Rainbow Trout for recreational fun, grown out HSB to sizes survivable in the big puddle, and lastly, Lone Star Legacy Bass that were also grown out to survivable sizes this last fall.
Here's a pic of one of the Legacy Bass we stocked on 07/09/2015. I'm guessing around 2 oz, and most in the 6-7" range.
These pics are what they look like 6 months after we stocked them. As per Todd Overton's recommendation, a bolus of late season 2-3" tilapia were added on 09/22/2015. These fish were fin clipped, and added to the big puddle on 01/14/2016.
