Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding New fish introduction

Crawfish, Golden Shiners or Threadfin shad all will work, although the shad are typically stocked before they spawn to give you the most bang for your buck.

LMB do the best with food that is 1/4 to 1/3 their body size. Small food and they expend too many calories for each bite.

Stock the size of food that corresponds to the size of LMB that you are wanting to fatten up. i.e. 12" LMB, 2.5"-4" fish.