Hi RER and SNRUB,
I have already added the bass so there is a possibility of the bass getting a jump start next year. I did also add around 400 large CNBG and RES at the same time. I counted anything over 4" as large but the majority of those were +7". We also had a few slabs in there at +9" and over a pound. The pond we pulled these fish from was over populated with LMB so there was very few little panfish and hundreds of small bass. It was a trophy panfish situation but that was not the goal of the owner so he is starting over.
One thing I didn't mention above is that there is a small pond on this same property that we plan to use as a nursery pond in the future. It currently just holds runoff water so we have to work on getting water to circulate with the big pond so we can control the depth/water quality. I'm guessing it is around .4 acres and 5'-6' deep when full.
The local company I talked to about stocking the CNBG told me their fish would be between 3"-5" right now and would spawn next year. My thinking was to get a good population in place before those bass could get a jumpstart.
But again, I'm here to learn and nothing is set it stone for me.
