The initial stocking of forage was light, maybe a pound of FHM, 50 bluntnose minnows, 50 johnny darters, and 50 spotfin shiners, 150 papershell crayfish.
The stocking plan is for 50 WE, 100 SMB, 200 YP, and 500 HBG. I have been kicking around a supplemental fall/ winter fishery of 100-150 RBT.
The additional forage would be 80# FHM, and 20#GSH. Can you go overboard on the forage?? Other than the cash outlay is this a bad idea? I figured since I might be cutting the time short between forage introduction and stocking, I could artificially augment this with a very heavy forage stocking at time of the predator introduction.
The pond is aerated, has average depth of about 8-10 feet (deepest of around 20), and will be feeding Silver Cup via Texas Hunter feeder. Thanks for any input.
