First of all thanks for the info. I am new to the pond boss. I have read just about all of the forum stuff that pertains to me over the past couple of weeks. A lot of very very useful information. I am in the middle east at the presant time. Dad was suppose to be going and check the water clarity. So i should know something later on today or tomorow. Well i am not sure if the TH is working properly because i am not going through 50lbs a day by any means. The feed that is throwed out is consumbed in about 7 mins. The fish are feeding really well. I was at home when the bass went in on the 27th of May. I watched the fish feed everyday. While i was home i was there for 2 weeks. I have thought alot about adding crawfish to the pond. When should they go in though is the question and at what rate. I would assume like the tilapia they would have to go in every year. Golden shinners i am affraid f by reading so much about them. I do not want them to over take. I am thinking about a vertex system. When should i try to install it. I think i am safe for about 2 years or am i wrong. I want them to have the best habbitat possible. Again i do really appreciate your information. Corodinates at the pond is 34,31,09.4445 north and 87,57,16.25 west. It ha snot been updated in forever you can not really see it at all. It looks diffrent now than when the google image was taken. Unless yall can see it better than me somehow. I am very glad to hear that you like my stocking rate and what i am doing. I will be working closely with American Sportfish Hatchery on my management process on the amount and size and sex of bass to be taken out per year. I also had them come down and lime th pond also. I belive they put 4 tons of lime in if i am not misstaken. I have all of this documented on a xl spreadsheet at home. Any information is greatly appreciated. Hail to the MONSTER BASS.