If you like panfish you could stock hybrid bluegill(HBG) and a few catfish(CC). CC (16"+) will eat small sunfish. Although without some bass present the CC would eventually reproduce and likely result in lots of small stunted CC unless you fed them pellets to keep them growing. You could also stock bass instead of CC. Another option would be 10 bass 5-10 CC and 100-150 HBG. Feed them pellets and have a decent fishery. Bass would likely stay smaller if you did not carefully manage their numbers (harvest small ones) because bass can be prolific and become too abundant that results in small bass. Bass will grow better and larger if you buy pellet trained bass and regularly feed them pellets.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/31/22 04:48 PM.

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