Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Small pond stocking ideas...

Greetings. As I mentioned in a prior thread, our pond build is on hold till the ground (west TN) dries up a bit. What do they say about idle time? And a rookie pond manager who finds new ideas daily. Lol. I have a few stocking questions/possibilities if we ever build the pond:

The facts: 1. 3/4ac pond 6ft avg depth (we're hoping).
2. Want to focus on large bass.

His wild ideas: 1. Should I add gold shiners as well as fatheads?
2. Will have BG as main forage.
3. How much time (1 season, 2, etc.) should I give to introducing forage before adding LMB?
4. As for the introduced LMB. Should I get an F1 hybrid? They're a lot more expensive, but I'm willing to pay.
5. What about the Maxx hybrids some offer?
6. How many LMB minnows should I stock? The Hybrids come in units of either 25 or 50 (at my expected stocking needs).
7. Is it worth feeding the BG in a pond this size?

OK, I'll restrain myself here.

Thanks,

Brian

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY FISH RAISING YEAR!!!!

Additional to the stocking information by teehjaeh57. If you have difficulity finding single sex LMB as your fishery, consider using hybrid striped bass (HSB). They do not reproduce and grow large when having lots of food -natural or pelleted. The fewer you stock the larger they will become. They are not good predators upon bluegill but they can be a good fish with hybrid bluegill BGXGSF or specklebelly sunfish (BGXredear sunfish). One LMB stocked with the HAB will help the HSB eat more sunfish.

Wow, thanks for all the ideas. To answer some questions:
1. The Maxx bass: https://sportfishdirect.com/pre-order-florida-titan-maxx-1-2/
2. My pond builder said he needed to see how much good soil we had to see how deep the pond can be. He knows we want it as deep as possible.
3. There is a pond stocking place 15mi away so getting the fish is trivial. Except I'd have to bring in Florida LMB hybrids, they don't carry those: https://greenwaterfishfarm.com/home.htm
4. Big bass? Heck anything over 3 lbs would be great.
5. There are two small (1/5ac) ponds that have been there for ten years or so. One doesn't seem to have any fish. So in April I stocked it with 2lb of FHM and 100 BG minnows. Will stock again next Spring. Then in the fall intro some small bass. It's my let's see what happens pond. The other pond is adjacent to where the new pond will be built. Ten years ago or so my BIL stocked both ponds with BG and LMB from the local source. And never did anything after that. I was the 1st person to fish it in April. I caught small BG with every cast of a small grasshopper lure. I also caught six or so LMB in the 3/4lb to 2lb range. In August I fished with bigger lures and quickly caught a 2lb and 3lb LMB. Smaller lures caught several in the 1/2lb to 1lb range. Pretty amazing as no one has done anything with the pond in 10 years. I guess you just get lucky sometimes.
6. The pond will get little fishing pressure. Right now two people have fished those ponds minimally. I expect the same for the new pond.
7. Bradford averages 38in of rain per year.
OK, that's it for now. Thanks again for all your great input.