This gets back to Bob Lusk's #1 question, and what so many of us ask when we get this question -- what are your pond goals?
Do you want big bluegill/sunfish? I'm assuming the bait fish and "Hybrid perch" you mention are of the bluegill/green sunfish/redear sunfish families.
Do, you want big bass? Or, do you want kind of a mix between the bass and the sunfish?
Your pond can only sustain a certain amount of biomass (fish). As an example, figure that your 1 acre pond can sustain 300 pounds of fish. It greatly depends on your water fertility and food available from the very bottom of the food chain. It can generally be increased, maybe double that amount, ore more, with a good feeding program, including the possibility of fertilizing the pond water.
Fewer bass will usually result in bigger bass because there is more food for those fewer mouths to feed. Those are the forage fish you mention. But, the forage fish must be healthy and well fed to grow those big bass.
Having lots of small and hungry bass will usually result in larger bluegill/sunfish because the bass are thinning out the population of bluegill/sunfish. Those bluegill still need lots to eat to populate and grow.
Posting more information on your goals can help a lot.
Regards,
Ken
