Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations how big

fish - the amount of bass you will be able to grow in your 5 ac will be dependant on how you manage it. If you don't do much but stock fish and allow them to develop on their own then after 8 - 10 years, 100 adult bass (100 to 160 pounds)may not be too far off from what will be produced.

If you manage the pond, feed the fish (pellets or fertilize the water), control weeds, regulate the numbers and sizes of fish then you could get about 50 to 80 pounds of adult bass per acre (maybe 380 total pounds of bass in 5 ac).

You could fairly easily achieve your goal of catching 20 - 30 bass per day but they would be 10" to 14" long. The bigger you expect the average size to be, the harder it will be to achieve this catch rate.