If trophy bass is your goal, the grass shrimp wouldn't hurt, but I don't think they will make a big difference.
20 acres is rather large private pond for the east... Have you done much research on this?
I have just started reseasrching it. The farm is 1700 acres, and the watershed to the lake site is several hundred acres. There is a nice sized stream running through the area. I've asked one fairly knowledgable party about what sized lake I could put in, and their answer was, "at least 10 acres".
As things stand now, I live 3 hours away from the farm, and am working nearby on weekends,staying with friends because there is no heat in my grandfather's house. The basement flooded and cracked the boiler for the steam radiators.
Once I am down here full time, likely summer of 2012, I'd like to get a consultant to come in help me get my bearings with the project, and put a plan in place. The problem is, I don't know of any good lake/pond consultants in Va.
Any ideas there?
