Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose 3/4 acre pond, ratios differ alot per hatcheries

My 3/4 acre pond was finished last week, it is 6 ft at the deepest right now with 3 shallow areas for bedding area and some slow rising banks on the backside. At full pool I imagine it will be around 9 ft. I put around 160 concrete block and some trees/stumps in different places for habitat. I also transplanted some grass that grows in a low spot on my land for added cover.

My plan is to have a pond with nice sized bluegill and LMB in it. I don't mind mixing up the pan fish if that is needed, just want the kids to be able to catch some fish and for me to catch some nicer bass later.

I talked to 2 different hatcheries, one I dismissed completely because he told me to go ahead and stock it before I increased the size and all the fish would be fine and also at a rate almost triple what the other hatchery stated.

Per GA DNR:

375 Brim 80%BG 20% RES
37 LMB

Per the local hatchery who I told my goals:

1500 1-2" BG
1/4 Load Threadfin Shad
35 LMB

My question is what do you all think of this? I plan to feed, right now I don't have aerators in place but may add them later and I really don't want to start a fertilizing program because I don't want to commit to doing it 5-6 times a year like the DNR recommend.