The goal of the pond and why we bought the place is to grow protein for my wife and an I. We are kind of peppers. That's our number 1 goal. Second is enjoyment of fishing and management. My wife is a stay at home and will enjoy tending to the fish like feeding them and 3rd is paddle boating and maybe swimming.
This is kind of interesting. From the actual prepper standpoint, I think BG would be the best renewable food source. You could use LMB to keep numbers in check, but if you needed to depend on them for a food source, you would reduce/remove the LMB and increase your BG harvest. You would be the main predator.
At first, this was the path that I thought it would be for me and my goals. I have recently been thinkingthe opposite, the bass might be the best way to go. Feed the bass and harvest them. With the BG, you need to have/clean lots more, you need to harvest small ones, because you don't want to take the larger breeders. There are other factors that are pushing me in this direction too.
HSB are not allowed in my area, so I can't speak on how they are in this scenario. Heard they are good for it.
As far as the habitat/structure in the pond. It should be thought about carefully because the need to seine. It can impede or prevent it all together. Sure you can have aeration and push the envelope, and when it's crashing harvest as many as possible. But when fish get in that scenario, are they that easy to "catch". Better have a backup plan in place for harvesting. To me, a good pond for harvesting should be drainable or nettable.
