Pond Stocking

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About a month ago my brother-in-law completed work a fish pond he was refurbishing. Of course this meant that he had to empty the pond of the existing fish and place them in a small holding pond until work on the new pond was finished. As soon as the new pond had enough water in it to support new fish, my son and I volunteered to rescue the fish from the holding pond and put them into their new surroundings. There were literally hundreds of small bream, bluegill, perch, etc. But the main subject of our work was about 20 very large catfish which we managed to remove from what smelled like a toilet and was just as filthy. That night my son and I spent the night on the edge of the new pond. About 3 in the morning we were awakened by the dogs barking feverishly. The next morning, we noticed some very extremely large bear tracks all around the area. But that was just a sidelight to my actual subject. I decided to stock the pond with some largemouth bass. But all that was available were small (about 3 inches long). My question to anyone who might have knowledge in the subject is: With all the perch and other fish in the pond, including the catfish, do you think the small bass will have a chance? I put about 75 fish in there.