I like your general plans but Mama Nature is occasionally a mean old girl re planning on rain in Young County. Be flexible in your thoughts/plans. I’m just down the road in Montague County.

My preference is bluegills stocked simultaneously with fathead minnows. Feed a lot of very small sized pellets. Lots of us prefer Optimal but there are other good feeds. Some feed Cargill and/or Purina.

Bass and cats should be stocked after the prey fish have multiplied sufficiently. I consider “sufficiently” when the bass can go to sleep with its mouth open and wake up with a full belly. That’s generally some time before you get an O2 crash from over stocking.

At some point, cull bass before they overeat their food supply. It’s almost impossible to restock affordable sized bass or prey.

Subscribe to Pond Boss magazine. Lusk comes up with stuff that I didn’t know I should worry about.

It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.

Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa