I have a 15-acre lake and have just had an electroshock done and the results were not too �shocking�. I have a real good population of blue gill but have stunted bass as there are way too many small thin bass fighting for similar sized forage and on top of that I have too many large blue cats so the bass have no real chance for growth. With this population mix and the bigger issue of having a relatively shallow lake (Avg. 4ft with max 7.5ft), I have come to the conclusion that I will not have a trophy bass lake unless I do some serious reconfiguration of the lake.
I bought the place for the kids to have fun fishing and recreating (100 acres total) and after talking to the lake management professional that shocked my lake, I am leaning towards eliminating as many large cats as I can between now and October and then stocking 100lbs. of �Feeder Bass�. I was told that these bass do eat pellets but do not grow as large as Florida Largemouth. I am fine with the lack of size (I was told the Feeder Bass may get as big as 5-6lbs) since my kids like to catch anything. However, I was wondering if anyone here has heard of this type of Bass and have you had any success stocking them? Thanks.
