From a post late last fall Jonathon provided this information:
Hi y'all im on a new account couldn't get into my old one. I have a 1.25 acre pond in glen rose tx and have put a couple rounds of adult bass into the pond over the last three years.
Long story short catch rates are still very low and on top of that the overall population of adult bass seems extremely low. I can count on two hands the bass I have located about the 1lb size in the pond over the last 6 months. Our electro survey last year also yielded disappointing results.
The stocking that has taken place:
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-100 fingerling tiger bass stocked 3 years ago along with 3000 bluegill.
(haven't seen or caught one of these initial stockers since 2023, last recorded in 2023 were a few at 3lbs+)
[color:#FF0000]-85 northern bass feed trained (1-2lbs) stocked this summer along with 1000 bluegill.[/color]
(only caught and seen maybe 10-15 of these northerns all summer and fall)
that's all the stocking history to date. it was a brand new pond we built. bluegill population is still booming and has various size classes. The few bass we have caught are above weight and healthy.
So if the pond is 1.25 acre, the original stocking was 2400 BG/Acre and 80 LMB/Acre. If two acres, 1500 BG/Acre and 50 LMB/Acre for the original stocking. With a follow-up stocking of 85 1 to 2 lb LMB last year.
