3. Growth rate for YOY TP - if they don't grow quickly they won't serve as much of a meal - no matter how many exist in a pond.
Yes and no.
Lots of one inch fish may not directly feed 18 inch bass, but it will satiate the 4-5 inchers and speed their growth rates. This in turn could provide lots of forage for the 18 inchers in the form of rapidly growing, high Wr 5 inch bass.
