Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations growing extra large lmb with crappie as a forage

I wonder if you could trim that investment down some by timing the stocking of the LMB. For example...stock a pond with forage, say BG, crawfish and GSH (or whatever is best in your area), let that forage grow and populate the pond to capacity over a couple of years (do not feed them) and then stock 1 to 2 pound female LMB ($10/lb here). Would you get some "free" pounds on those bass before you needed to think about supplementing the forage?

Edit: The $10/lb price was 2015 for 10+ inch to 2 lb LMB at the fish farm I use. All female may be higher and I don't know whether my fish farm would be willing to sort them.