Hi Hersh

I'm going thru the same dilemma here too on my pond. I've got 400 7" YP, 50 8" HSB, and 400 1-3" BG. I've stocked about 5,000 FHM which are basically free to me here prior to stocking my apex predators and have pulled off at least one successful spawn, but I'm not counting on the FH to establish a permanent population of forage, especially not when I stock 300 SMB this Fall. With guidance from the Forum I've decided to try and establish populations of forage in the form of GSH and Ghost Shrimp.

So, I don't think stocking FH is a futile effort, but I'd probably focus your capital and efforts more on established forage that might take hold, such as GSH. I like CJBS suggestion of Gambusia also - something I might look into for this year.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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