Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Raising Forage and Bait Adding forage fish while pond is still filling.

While the optimum water clarity is around 18"-24", I doubt that the fish will be hurt by water that is greater in clarity. The smaller fish might not grow as fast, but that's about the extent of it. It will give the predators an easier time seeing their prey, so the forage fish might disappear quicker.

Theres nothing wrong with stacking pallets, but the FHM tend to stick close to shore in shallow water. Once the water got to over 4' or so deep where the pallets are, I don't know if the FHM would continue to use them as spawning substrate. GSH tend to be a more open water fish, so they'll start hangging out around the pallets in the deeper water.