Bill Cody - The goal is to grow fast. I want it to be a fun fishing lake - with a couple really large LMB, but lots of good size bass. I would not mind a couple of large catfish, but certainly dont want them to take over. BG for eating would be great - do not want it to be full of tiny BG that seem to be the only thing in the pond.

I see the advantages of your stocking method - worry the load of fish will crash my water quality/fish health since I am new to this and it could happen faster than I notice. I continue to read and read and read.

Will post once we add fish. Thanks for chiming in.