I have just stocked a 3.5 acre pond using Overtons. I used Overtons because of their reputation and because of the CB LMB fry that will become available this coming spring (hopefully). After reading all that has been posted, I think I is possible these bass may be native to the Ark-La-Tex area. Native bass here can grow to at least 7 lbs if food is available. This may not be the desired fish wts for the future, but I don't think it is a disaster. If I understand it, the CB LMB can achieve wts of 15lbs + or - in the best situation. And if you breed the CB LMB with native LMB I would think you might still be able to produce a 10#+ LMB fishery using shocking and fishing by removing the males and numbers per acre. And may produce a more aggressive bite. It may not be a perfect world, but a pond full of 10+lmb is not a bad place either. I would want to do a shock asap if I had the money to do it. The more information I have makes me a better manager.
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