From a different angle, let’s look realistically into what it will take to grow 150 all female LMB as 12”-13” stocker females in a 2 ac pond. Feeding them less, ALWAYS lessens their growth rate. A fast growing bass needs to almost daily fill its belly and not just eat a few small fish if you want best possible growth of the bass / predator.

150 1 lb LMB growing to 2 lbs X 6 lb for a maintenance StdWt = 900 lbs forage + 10 lb x150 = 1500lb = 2400lbs total annual forage

150 2 lb to 3 lb X 6lb =1800 lbs + 1500 lbs = 3300lbs annual forage.
150 3 lb to 4 lb X 6lb = 2700 lbs +1500 lbs = 4200lbs annual forage
150 4 lb to 5 lb X 6 lb = 3600 lbs + 1500lbs = 5100lbs annual forage
150 5 lb to 6 lb X 6 lb = 4500 lbs + 1500 lbs = 6000lbs annual forage
150 6 lb to 7 lb X 6 lb = 5400 lbs + 1500 lbs = 6900lbs annual forage
150 7 lb to 8 lb X 6 lb = 6300 lbs + 1500 lbs = 7800lbs annual forage
150 8 lb to 9 lb X 6 lb = 7200 lbs + 1500 lbs = 8700lbs annual forage

Do you see why feeding 150 bass in a 2 acre pond is not a very good plan to grow those 150 female bass into becoming big bass in a 2 ac pond. A regular 2 ac nutrient enriched pond can probably produce 400 – 600 lbs of consumable forage fish per year. Remember there has to be enough uneaten forage fish as brood stock and some forage items for the next growing season.

If someone has to buy medium size forage fish to feed large bass to keep them growing at their best rate this gets pretty expensive. For large bass having to eat minnow size fish the bass expends almost as much energy catching lots of small fish as the nutrition benefit from eating lots of fish that are too small. Learn about optimal foraging theory for the best way to grow bass.