If it were me (and I'm definitely no expert) since the bass already seemed to be pellet trained, put in a feeder and turn them into lazy bass. Let them fill up on pellets and maybe at least some of the them will leave the forage fish alone. Put in a bunch of cedar trees or other similar fine, dense structure along the shoreline. Take the FIL up on the free BG offer and stock as many as you can catch.
