Just had our 45 acer lake shocked and the results were very disappointing. Bass and bream stocked almost 4 yrs ago and bass not growing because CNBG apparently were eating up by an exiting small population of predators when the creek flooded into the lake before we bermed around it.
Here's the question: we have equipment and property to build a hatchery pond to grow BG. The plan is to dig/push about an acre or so in size hatchery pond. How fast do these fish grow with no predators and a strong feeding program. They have to be 3inch or better before we can transfer them. Since we live close to Pensacola fl ( the lake is located about 50 miles north of Pensacola) the amount of times they will spawn can be 7 to 8 times in a year. Second question how many fish can be a realistic expectation in a pond that size. Biologist said they would stock 2000/acer so that's 100000 BG to get the bass growing. We will make sure the water quality is as good as we can make it with lime and fertilizer in the hatchery pond. Thanks for any data and or suggestions.
