Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Which Bass Type - F-1 Tigers or Native

Thanks Dave! Well, when we bought the land two years ago I just wanted a 1/2ac stock tank with some catfish and "perch" in a spot I saw had some waterflow. The NRCS came out and said we actually have a valley with 1100ac of watershed. The valley was actually a 75yr old shallow tank that had filled in with 4-5ft of soil. Two tanks are upstream of ours that catch silt and water before getting to us. After attending one of Bob's meetings everything changed and is still evolving. The tank budget had to be more than tripled to get what we have. We already learned it needs to be expanded! Fortunately there is a great existing rock spillway.
I realize to have a trophy bass pond I just do not have the funds. My goal now is to simply have a very healthy diverse pond that I may add a feeder to and catch some nice fish. I knew what was stocked in Oct wasn't enough but would be a solid start. Hopefully better than nothing.
Since it is all new and our location can be hit by drought...do you think another 400 BG in the main tank would be enough or still too little? LMB can wait as long as necessary! The 2+ac wetland will go dry at some point. Should I stick with FH in there or also add BG and move them all over when the water is dangerously low? I would like to add something to the wetland next week. The mosquitos are insane!