Bob :

Welcome to the fourm . I think you will find much here to help in your pond adventure.

Please feel free to ask questions. Sometimes it takes a while to get answers but not often.

A couple of things to think about. It takes about 10 lbs. of forage a year to add one pound of weight to a LMB. I think I remember that it takes about 75% of that to maintain their status. It appears you have about 125-130 lbs of LMB. They will be confined for 6-8 mths. Part of summer , fall and winter , a mixed growth period. You can't assume the bass will catch all the forage you put in-- they are good predators but not that good. It would take {use up} to much energy for all of the bass to chase all of the forage. As bass get larger they require larger forage so that they don't run an energy deficit in catching food. A 5 lb. bass will use up more energy than it takes in if it chases 2 in. BG. Any forage fish you put in may well end up in the larger pond. Normal forage options are sunfish { BG, RE, and their relatives} , shiners , fatheads , shad and others. Each has + and - . I assume that you have enough o2 based on your picts. and that it is deep enough to avoid freeze over problems. Others here can address those matters better than me , but you should check on that to be sure. I think you are going to have to add a lot of forage of a large size to meet your goal . This type/size of forage is not always available unless you are going to catch it yourself. You may be able to trade some of the bass for some forage or find someone with a BG stunted pond and net some. Because of the size of the enclosure you should add the forage over time. If you put in that much forage at once in hot weather you may cause a DO crash . I think you can manage to your goal if you can locate the forage and it is within the budget. If the fish do make it then you will need a custom stocking plan but you will be ahead in the long run. I would suggest you get a copy of raising trophy bass from the PondBoss office . It will answer many of your questions. Good luck and keep us posted. ewest