Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations How many GSH to stock?

With the existing adult LMB population, I'd want to go heavy on the GSH stocking. Without the adult bass, I'd think 5 lbs would be sufficient. With them, maybe 50 lbs?

I wonder if GSH will have already spawned (they're once per year spawners) in SoCal? What is your water temp? If they aren't going to spawn this year, maybe waiting a year would be better - the bass would just eat your stockers with no output from them in 2007.

12 adult bass sound like plenty for 1/4 acre. I would wait to add more CC until the forage base is better established, then I would go with up to 25 CC if I really liked them.

6 adult BG is too low to provide the BG share of a forage base for 12 big bass. I would add at least a couple dozen more adult BG and would go to 40-50 more if I could get them.

Feeding would help your forage fish (including the new Shiners) grow and spawn better.

I just reread all this and forage sounds quite low. The FHM are likely to be toast PDQ.