In general, in your part of the country you want to stock 1000-2000 BG per acre with maybe 10% of those numbers being RES. I would also stock 5 pounds per acre of GSH. Stock these fish ASAP. Sometime this fall would be ideal... Next spring, I would stock a full load of Tshad if you are seeing a decent bloom in the pond.
Then you can stock 50-100 LMB per acre next fall. In your area would go with half northern LMB and half F1 northernxFL LMB. If you are not too far norh, you may wanna give Todd Overton a ring and talk to him about stocking at least a certain percentage of his Camolot Bell LMB. Since you have a virgin pond to work with, you are in an ideal position to get some known double digit genetic bass in the pond. No other fish species need to be stocked. Keep crappies, CC or really any other species of fish out. So, that is GSH, FHM, BG, RES, Tshad and LMB. NOTHING ELSE!
When 50% plus of the bass are 16-18" plus, you can consider stocking a load of Gshad. That should be closely evaluated though as there is substantial risk in doing this.
When you see the bass are large enough to start reproducing, I would begin closely tracking Wr on all bass and BG caught. Any bass under 8" the first year you see reproduction should be removed and any bass under 12" the second year should be removed. Then you need to really keep hammering the bass. You really cannot remove too many if your goal is to grow 8 pound plus bass with regularity.
Establishing a feeding program for the BG will assist in increasing biomass and the pounds of bass you can grow. An aeration system will also help with water quality and growth potential of the bass as well. GOOD LUCK!
