Welcome ML10! It's really hard to hold back on checking on the new fish. I found myself with this challenge last year with spring LMB stocking as I'm sure many new pond and fish owners do. Your growing season is different than mine was for sure but I can tell you the early growth rates are nothing short of amazing is you have a good to great forage base in the pond.

My results from last year were stocking on 5.31.24 @ 2-3" LMB to 10.24.24 @ 10.75".

As I mentioned your growing season is longer than mine for sure. Jason D had some posts for his fish with Oct-ish stocking similar to yours and I think he was catching 2lb bass right around the 1yr mark. He's a little South of me but North of you.

Forage and growing season are definately the keys on growth rates. I don't know how much you stocked in the way of forage or what you stocked on LMB F1.

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