Thank you all for your helpful advise. First, at this time there will be no feeding(absentee, I'm tired of feeding feral hogs & raccoons,DO crashes associated with feed, etc) and I accept that the fish won't grow as fast. Second, I really want to put the predators in now and will try to persuade those folks that know I should wait. It's 5 acre pond with fairly muddy water. Here is a pic of the structure in the old creek before and after rain.
The forage should have great places to hide & muddy water. Does this sway the experts toward putting both forage & predator fish in at the same time??
