Gator :

Have you set a budget for stocking or have a time schedule? As you know there are many ways to get where you are going. Will you use tilapia or other bait fish? IMHO any plan needs to be evaluated as a whole and not as the sum of its parts. Do you want a balanced pond or are you interested in trophy LMB or BG ? All of that is easier to plan for and do from the start. Depending on the path you choose you may want one or the other , both or nither. It all depends.