Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Raising Forage and Bait Stocking forage species...a timeline

I have been wondering so this is as good a place as any to ask the question.....Using this thread as an example....Would the pond be easier to manage if only FHM are stocked as a starter forage knowing they will eventually disappear? Leave out the other forage minnows. Wondering whether this would force the YP to target the SMB and PS spawn while the SMB target the YP and PS spawn. With a well established population of say SFS are you setting yourself up for a PS over population as the YP and SMB will ignore the PS and target the more favorably shaped minnows?

I wonder if this is at least one of the reasons the Illinois DNR recommends against stocking any minnows in small ponds. Can lead to a quicker overpopulation of SF?