Allen,
Many folks may disagree with the following comments, but I base this on my own experience:
I fully understand your goals and at one time had similar ones. I built a 3.5 acre bass pond, outfitted it with great structure, established forage, and spared no expense to achieve those goals. Now, four years later, I have learned that my goals were not realistic in a couple of very disappointing aspects. First, LMB "learn" especially in a closed pond environment and become virtually impossible to catch (on artificials/flys) if you fish for them. Some of the experts here have said you can only fish them once or twice a year if you expect to minimize "learning". Second, establishing the forage base required to support and grow large bass in a small pond virtually guarantees that the bass are well fed and will not be tempted by the regular fisherman.
What's the answer, I haven't found it. I like to catch fish from my ponds, not observe them. I'm building more ponds, in an effort to reduce pressure on individual ponds...and I'm scaling back on my expectations. I do not choose to scale back on fishing, another possible alternative.
Best of luck to you and I do hope you achieve your goals.
