A commonly used measure is that a normal infertile southern pond (including east TX) will naturally produce/carry 100 lbs of fish per acre. Proper fertilization will increase that to 300-400 lbs of fish per acre and supp feeding will add another 200 lbs per acre. So in a common situation your pond can increase from 100 lbs per acre to 600 lbs per acre using fertilization and sup feeding. However you have to watch for water quality problems and carrying capacity issues when you ramp up production. Its like running an engine at 85% rate rather than 20 %. That is a general measure and ponds can vary a lot from that norm.

Last edited by ewest; 04/26/16 09:14 PM.