Luke,
It depends on what you are getting for that $1 per bass, but even for small bass that's not a bad price...I've certainly paid more.
Relative to your questions, it is very difficult to answer since 1) you don't own 2.5 of the 3 acre pond and 2) you haven't told us anything about what your objectives for the pond are. For Greg or anyone else to help you, you need to state what you want from this pond. Also, you said there were very few fish "because of the lack of open water". How do you know how many fish you have and of what type? Are you saying that the lily pads are causing the lack of fish?
Question 1...can't answer without more info
Question 2...the BG and catfish will tend to hang around the feeders, also a few bass preying on the BG
Question 3...sounds like you already have an answer
Question 4...by "would that work", do you mean would they survive (probably) or would that solve your apparent lack of fish problem (possibly or it might even compound the problem depending on what type of fish you plan to bring in)
