Ok in a hurry so I apologize if brief. Please do not take this as arrogance. I can grow the heck out of big bass in a hurry. It is kinda frustrating to read all of these theories on what works. We have tired it all and can tell you what works. If you guys come to PB I will have a talk about it.
This thread is all over the place. What does it mean wait a year??? I agree if up north probably not good. Ok now should you wait a year in the south? It depends on what is stocked and when. The key is good forage base for quality/trophy bass as described by cougar. This means higher than normal stocking rates 2000/bg/ac will not be too many if done right. If stocked summer- fall- winter � up to early March you can turn around and stock bass come June. Especially if stocked with fhm as well. Yes we get bass to over 3 lbs in 16 months (October year after bass went in in June). Even better than this for some. Can you wait until the following June sure but why? If you want to stock many less fish then sure that would work to built up even more forage. That is the only case I suggest waiting. Now if pond is not ready and you put bg in in April/May as 1-2� then yes you would wait a year and put bass in the following June. Get it? I hope this makes sense. Cougar if your pond if half full I see no reason at all to wait on lepomis stocking they do well with stocking with the fhm both built up populations and then follow with June bass. It will work if followed. If you wait another year on bass you lost a year they will still grow with similar growth rates the following year. IN fact other theories hold in some cases then you got so many bluegill the intermediate size bluegill may compete with fingerling bass for similar food source.
Cougar tons of hatcheries in ARK. If you want referral let me know. If you want to compare prices here are our prices to give you some idea.
http://lakework.com/site/fish-stocking.phpI might even help you out when coming back from ark run if interested. Good luck.
