Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose oh no!!!

shan & Greg - I think you are both correct in what 2" bass eat. When YOY bass are crowded into a hatchery pond the bulk of the diet of most of them is zooplankton and insect larvae. Primarily because zooplktn are the main food items in most hatchery ponds. In this pond you will see a percentage of noticably larger YOY bass. These guys were primarily cannibals and were eating smaller siblings.

If a 2" bass can find ample small fish 1/2" to 1" long this bass will eat lots of these small fish. Resultant growth of YOY piscivorous bass will be more than for bass eating mostly zooplankton. Energy effeciency dynamics.