Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Stocking Mature Bass

CAW,
I'm not sure about Ohio but LMB in Alabama can put on 3lbs. per year with adequate forage. I can tell as a fact you need to get @1000 bluegill fingerlings (2 in.) in your pond spawning before you put those bass in. None of the specie you mentioned can support the load of bass and catfish you are planning for even if you intend to keep adding fish. Experiments are tons of fun and if thats your goal, shoot for the moon. But if long term results are your goal I would suggest going with what works. Once a bass pond starts going down hill it is extremely difficult and expensive to reverse.

-HH