50 bass per acre is recommended by the state DNR that is why its on my website. that is also a stocking rate for fingerling fish. this discussion is directed on stocking adult bass meaning bass that are already large enough to spawn. The problem I observed was not with the initial stocking of fish, it was with the reproduction of those fish and the fact that 25 bass per acre will decimate a bluegill population made up of bluegill all the same size. the bass spawns following the stocking of adult fish were huge. (that is why I made reference to 2 years down the road) I'm not saying that a pond cant support 50 bass per acre. I'm saying that stocking 25 adult bass per acre will wipe out the forage base and will spawn themselves into a corner the following year. I think my post was clear on that point.

this is not a line of thinking, I'm not dealing in theory here. I am stating my opinion based on what I have observed after stocking adult bass.