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Boy, That is optimistic. I mean expecting it to fill in the next couple of weeks. Might happen. This has been a screwy year on rainfall.
My big concern is usually about water quality. Alkilinity comes from the soil, not from the rain water. I recall that your place is at Weatherford which should be OK. However, you need to wait a couple of weeks for the water to "receive" the alkilinity from the soil. What happens if you don't? Probably nothing real dire. Maybe a fish kill but probably not. It's just money.
I don't really see a problem with your mix. If you really believe in the rain, I'd got with a lot more BG and redears. I would PERSONALLY add more catfish if I expected the rain. They become top line predators that become hard to catch but they are neat to see. Mine are now 3 years old and a couple of weeks ago, I caught a 7 lb. and a couple of 5 pounders on minnows. I really think the best idea on cats is to wait until spring and stock 10 to 12 inchers instead of the 3 to 4 inch ones. The larger stockers just seem to run away with growth.
I would also go with LMB that are closer to 5" than 1". One inch fish of any kind are bait. No way I would put lmb in now. Ask the fish sellers how many cows they would put on a newly planted pasture. I believe that when you put in bass, the forage base should be so heavy that the bass can fall asleep with it's mouth open and wake up with a full belly.
I have heard a lot of pro and con about shiners in small bodies of water, mostly con. They tend to be nest robbers. I'm not aware that they have a higher protien count than bluegill.
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