Well, your goal is the produce a nice bass fishery while your dream is to grow the next NE state record. The NE state record is 10 pounds, 11 ounces...

5 acres is in my opinion a reasonably sized pond to consider producing quality LMB fishing with numerous bass over 5 pounds. Ponds smaller than that just cannot produce enough biomass to support a decent fishery of larger bass in my opinion.

Build your food chain and get it well established first. Particularly the shiner and minnow species. Establish a varied food chain as well. FHM, GSH, BG, RES, crayfish and consider other less conventional species as well. Stock your bass at a lower rate than normal. I would say 50 per acre instead of the more commonly recommended 100 per acre. Then comes the hard work of meticulous records and removing lots and lots of baby bass to keep the ones left in your pond well fed. Not starving from too much competition with too many other bass and stunting.

When 25% of your bass are over the 15" mark, you can even consider stocking gizzard shad. However, research them thoroughly and understand their risks along with their benefits.