Is the question growth potential or growth top end? The potential is great. We have aged 12 inch bass as old as 7 yrs. So you harvest the right amount of bass and do other thigns to increase the groceries in the pond. He might start to put on 1 lb/yr but then die 2 years later at 3 lbs. However the up and coming bass should continue to grow well all theirs lives if the pond is going forward kept in balance with proper harvest, etc.

SO that being said we continue to promote bass harvest in stunted situtations.

Greg Grimes
www.lakework.com