I'd try feeding right away; if you're providing good quality pellets when the fish are ready to eat them, it should help a lot with health & growth. How likely each of those three species (LMB, BG, & CC) is to take pellets quickly will (in part) depend on how much natural food is available.

Personally, I would want more than 2 lbs of GSH, especially if they were put in at the same time as the bass. Can you add another 10 lbs?

WRT the small forage fish: how about ensuring they have plenty of cover to help preserve their abundant populations as long as possible? That's probably more cost effective than adding more Shiners/Molly, if you have plenty now.

I believe we had a thread on Sailfin Molly here sometime, but I can't recall whether or not they would benefit from spawning structure. If so, I'd add that, too.


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