I agree with Shan, your pond does not have adequate forage for adult bass. Remember where the adult bass are coming from and what made them the current size; not a pond empty of forage. There is not a lot of talk about stocking adult bass here because it is not a real wise thing to do without experience.

If you put in adult bass you should add about 7 to 10 pounds of forage (such as bgill) for every bass. Less forage poundage than this and they will not grow much and be more susseptable to disease due to skinny body condition. So why stock adults if they won't grow and are sickly??

Two years can produce 15" bass from fingerlings in IN if done correctly. Larger sizes in two years if you start with 7-10" subadults and feed pellets.

If you use bgill as forage they should be about 3 to 4 times shorter than each bass. For instance one 15" bass needs 7 pounds of bgill 3.5" to 5"long. 17" bass needs bgill 4"-5.5" long. 7 pounds of forage per bass will not produce optimum growth and leave adequate numbers of bgill for next years spawning and forage production in future years. But it will "get the bass by" and in fairly good condition to go thru winter 2003-2004.
If you stock adults you have your "work cut out" and a busy summer ahead. Any idea how many 3"-5" bgill there are in 10 pounds?

Shan's last two sentences are very good advice and spoken from experience. IN is not all that different from GA, mostly longer growing season in GA.

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