On a pond where the owner wants fast predator growth, AND the predators are stocked lightly, I will recommend 50# of Fatheads and 50# of Golden Shiners per surface acre, and that is with stocking pellet trained fish and feeding them a good quality fish food.
ALSO, there is habitat in the pond to help reduce the predation on the minnow population AND to help them reproduce. Without that, even Golden Shiners can be wiped out from the pond in a year or two, even with pellet trained fish being fed pellets.
You can see WR's of fish in the 140-160+ range doing that. i.e., an 18.5" LMB that should weigh 3.5# can weigh 6 pounds......
