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I agree with others that you maybe have too many LMB. I would not have put any more than 50-maybe 60 in your 0.6 ac pond. My ODNR OH Pond Mgmt handbook suggests per ac = 100LM, 350BG, 150RES which means you were 'heavy' on bass and 'light' on sunfish. When YP are larger 8" they will compete with bass for small fish as food. Do you know if the YP were pellet trained or not?? Keep in mind that the 75 HBG that you stocked are minimal spawners and will not provide very many small fish for those bass. HOWEVER if your goal is common larger panfish and numerous smaller catchable bass then you are on the correct path.
Regular feeding of pellets as you are doing will help grow larger panfish faster. Remember adding pellets also adds nutrients especially phosphorus to the pond so expect to see more fuzzy FA algae growth compared to if you did not feed pellets.
See the newest May-June PBoss magazine 2012 for a good article on phosphorus as a plant nutrient in ponds.
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