From what I have read you would be fine stocking them now. FHM for sure. You will want some floating pallets for the FHM to spawn under. They lay eggs on the bottom side of things. I'm not the one to take advice from. This is just from what I have read on this site. There are many experts here that do this for a living. I think you'll love that Texas hunter feeder. I have seen lots of videos on them. I was actually looking at the hanging style one, due to cost...but I think any extra money I'm going to pool towards aeration.