I would probably stock about 350 bluegill, about 100 to 150 redears, 75 3 to 4 inch CC, and a couple of pounds of fatheads. I would absolutely be feeding. After the BG and and fatheads got thick, I would stock about 25 6 to 8 inch bass.

After a year or 2, I would start eating catfish. After the second year of LMB, I would toss every newly spawned one that I caught on the bank. There's no way that you can catch even 50% of them.

It is double tough to re-establish any kind of small forage fish after the LMB get going.

Let me qualify everything above. I'm assuming a full 1/2 acre water hole. The weather guys are forecasting a La Nina(drought) for our area. You might be wise to cut everything that I said by 50%. Actually, I kinda like the conservative approach. My ponds are already down 3 ft. and I lost my optimism about rain a long time ago.

It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.

Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa