Scalebuster,

If you get 40 to 60 percent survival ... that would probably be perfect for producing huge bass. Be patient ... the pond is FULL of fish that are too big for the LMB fingerlings to eat. The same fish will compete with the LMB for the prey sizes the LMB fingerlings need. To complicate matters ... the pond is near capacity ... so you can't stop feeding. Feeding will expand the capacity allowing good production of the sizes of prey the LMB fingerlings need. Once the LMB get to a size that they can eat the 3" BG that they are presently competing with ... they could grow at 2 lbs/year for a few years. At this stocking rate of LMB (and 50% survival) you can take all the BG you might care to in an 8 acre pond. Any harvest that a normal person/family might perform for personal consumption is a minor proportion of the production.

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