Stocking 100 LMB per acre in 1.2 ac is 83/ac which is a little high compared to the new consensus / theory for growing bass the biggest and fastest. New recommendation is 50 bass/ac. 50x1.2ac = 60. Higher density than 50 per acre results in measurable slower growth of the stocker bass. It depends on your ultimate goals. The stockers will grow like gangbusters until the 1st & 2nd bass offspring develops to heavily compete for food. Using fed trained stocker bass and feeding pellets may help improve growth for more than 50 initial bass per ac. Be aware that fingerling bass are feed trained for a short period of time. The very short training period for fingerlings (3"-4") often results in low numbers of pellet eaters when the bass are stocked into a forage dense pond. The bigger the pellet trained stockers the more that will stay to eating pellets.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 12/31/16 12:45 PM.
