Ken,
Was the pond barren when you started your stocking plan? That is probably unlikely for a 60 y.o. pond unless you deliberately drained the pond or did a fish kill.
If the pond already had bass, and/or other fish, your next step is probably to perform some good sampling and determine what is in there now.
You need to keep catch records (length and weight) of your bass and determine their Relative Weight. (Which is a measure of their health as a population.)
You also need to sample your BG. I would keep running your minnow traps, and perhaps consider a trap for slightly larger fish.
There are lots of experts on Pond Boss that can help you manage your populations once you have a decent idea of what is in your pond. You should probably start a new thread under the sub-forum "Evaluating and adjusting fish populations".
You might also read some of the threads in there that have a lot of responses. That will probably give you some good ideas for your pond.
Good luck getting those skinny bass up to healthy lunkers!
