Here's my original statement. Read it again, carefully this time, ML. Check out the bold print as well please. Also please find more info below.
You can stock HSBs and put them on pelletted food, at a rate
up to 200 per acre. Or you can rely on the food chain for production of HSBs by stocking standard baitfish like fatheads, bluegill, shad, tilapia, etc.
Stocking rate for HSBs raised on baitfish would be 50-75 per acre.
The 200/acre stocking rate is based on stocking only HSBs, no other fish. HSBs are more likely to stay on feed this way, but sure some small percentage will go off feed. It is also based on a feeding program and good aeration. The 50-75 per acre stocking rate is based on forage based production.
The "average" pond owner does not know that this forum exists. The "average" pond owner is probably out fishing and drinking beer instead of pondering the if's, and's, or but's. I see this forum as a potential wealth of information for folks who want more than the average pond. So if walboknls1 wants to stock 200 per acre, I'll tell him how to do it and make clear to him his risks and rewards.
