GPR I got your email but wil respond here so other can see my comments. Ewest great points about 0-100%.
On fertilization to me it is all or nothing, halfa..will lead to filamentous algae issues. You can change visibility goals in other words instead of 18-24 inches your goal is 24-36 inches, but you have to make sure you have deeper edges and keep at it to maintin this visilibilty goal. Having said all this with you saying a few times you really don't want to plus 40 acres of watershed, DO NOT FERTILIZE!
I do think your a good candidatate for feeder it will just make thigns easier and provide many beneftis IMHO. I'm not in your area ll that often maybe once per month. Just happen to be that employee took trout to Gray, GA today.
Biggest thing I noticed in Theo post was desire to get GA DNR fish. It is cheap I think $50/acre, if timed right go for it. However I think you just missed them. No way in the world I would wait a full year just to get fish a little cheaper that are much much smaller than private supplied 1-2 inch bluegill. In other words I feel with 40 acre watershed you will have 3/4 full by this spring. You mentioned in email get FH now and some fish later when 1/2 full. No reason to do that they will not grow in winter anyway but if it is indeed 1/2-3/4 full by late March get all the forage (Fh, BG, RES) then. Then followup with the bass in June. This is diff than some northern folks are used to. It works just fine (actually better than state supplied 1/2 inch fish stocked in Nov.)b/c a 1-2" bluegill stocked in March will be sexualy mature by June. bass will start to eat tiny baby fish about JUly or when bass is 4 inches. Everything is quicker down here b/c of temp. Hope this makes sense kinda rushed it b/c heading home to see the little fella. GPR let me know your thoughts.
