Well... We don't ever need to accept less than we pay for, regardless of what it is.
FHM ( fathead) are commonly suggested forage minnows to get a pond established. Your LMB would likely focus on them instead of your other fish until they are depleted. If you look through this site you'll find a lot of good direction to help you start out right.
I can't thank you enough. I'm just unsure as to what I should expect, which is why I didn't kick up a fuss. This is all new territory to me.
I would prefer to stock around 750 to 800 bream overall so stocking the RES is definitely desirable. I was going to stock 150 RES before, but I may stock 200 to 250 in the fall to make up for the number of BG that are going to spawn over the summer and to make up for the number of RES that are going to be bass food over the winter.
So are you saying that if I put a couple of pounds of fathead minnows in the pond, I could protect that shell crackers until they get big enough to be safe from the bass.
