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I'll let you do the math. While the Fatheads will feed the LMB until they get to around 7"-8", the BG will be the forage base of the pond for the LMB and the CC. It takes 10# of fish to add 1 pound of weight on 1 fish. Those predator fish also need to eat 5 to 7 pounds of fish (or more depending on their size) just to survive every year. Since a LMB likes to eat fish 1/4 to 1/3 their body length, that means bluegills next year that are 2"-3" in length. A Bluegill that is between 2 1/4" in length to 2 3/4" weighs between 0.16 to 0.22 ounce. If a single bass has to eat 15# of those fish to gain one pound of weight, how many BG would that be? Now multiply that by 100..... What number of bluegills do the bass have to consume annually to put 1# of weight on each of those 100 bass?

That's why the BG numbers that you stocked are waaaayyyyyy light if you expect to get fast growth on the bass. Now feeding the fish will help; but you have to feed a high quality feed. It will help the catfish and the bluegills, but it won't directly help the bass unless they are feed trained. Are they?