I can tell you what DEFINITELY didn't work for me as forage...BH's. They got into one of my crappie only ponds and ruined it. Those little buggers took over and the BCP couldn't keep up. I think the BH grow too fast and surpass the gape of BCP quickley (completely uneducated guess). They were eating my BCP forage. Fishing with fathead minnows and BH after BH would be caught. Food hogs!