Beware the rogue fish among your FHM -- hand sort them when adding to a 'clean' pond.
I bought a batch of FHM from Anderson Minnows in AR and they arrived in good shape. I used some for bait and gave the rest to a neighbor who stocked his forage pond with them. He has so many now they clog the cattle waterer below the dam!
I should add that if you don't have predator fish yet, it's likely the crawdads will show up on their own. That also happened in my neighbor's forage pond. The key is making sure they survive the introduction of bass. That's where habitat comes in. Ask Bill Cody, but he has said before that you need rip rap, and lots of it.
Last edited by Bocomo; 03/23/17 11:14 AM.
