I’m sorry I was not clear on what I have and my goals. My pond is new, the ponds where i work are well established and in need of substantial culling of bass. We had a stunted LMB population 4 yrs ago so we pulled roughly 2000 lbs of LMB out, added multiple feeders and TFS. The BG, RES and TFS where i work are all thriving so the LMB are also growing very well. My thought was to move some of the larger culls from my work to my home pond at some point to have some larger fish for my friends and grandkids to catch before 2 years goes by. My goals for my home pond are high catch rate LMB with a few big girls in there to keep it interesting. The goals for my work ponds are one to be trophy LMB and the other high catch rate LMB. If the TFS survive in my pond would adding F1 tigers make sense to grow the bass faster?
Hey Theo I meant gambusia but thanks for the laugh.
What size are the forage fish for the LMB in your pond and what size would the LMB be that you are stocking? O/K I re-read your OP. 1"-3" BG will effectively feed 3"-12" LMB. A 3" LMB will also feed a 12" LMB. If you want the bass to grow fast in your pond, stock 100 total LMB for that 2 acres. That is at a BG/LMB ratio of 30/1. Your LMB growth rate will be governed by not only the available pounds of forage fish in your pond, but also by the size of those forage fish. A LMB really needs forage fish in the 25% to 33% size of it's length for optimal growth.
I can get LMB to go from 2"-3" in late May to 14"-16" in late September by having enough forage fish of the correct size in the pond, AND the correct ratio to ensure that the LMB don't run out of fish to eat.
What size again were the LMB that you stocked, what size are the LMB that you want to stock and how many LMB did you originally stock? If you want to add F1 Tiger Bass, go ahead. BUT for every one you add you have to remove an existing fish of the same size or you are fooling yourself thinking that adding more LMB will make them grow faster.
The larger the LMB are that you add, the harder it will be for them to acclimate to the new pond environment and the harder it will be to keep them growing well. The only exception to that might be LMB that are pellet trained and you are feeding the LMB in your pond too. I'd make sure who I bought them from knew want time of day they were fed and what food they were fed including pellet size, so you can duplicate that until they are feeding well, then you can slowly adjust the time of feeding if you need to.
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