I've read some suggest planting your forage minnows first thing in the spring and then planting small bluegill with them so the fatheads have time to build a good number of fish before the gill start feeding on them? Is that a good approach? How long after do you plant the predators? Will gills and crappie wipe out the forage minnow population? If so will their fry (gills) be sufficient in number to feed the gills and the predators? what do the gill eat during the winter after the yearly minnow crop gets too big? Is it possible to do what I'm talking about without feeding the fish? I know the summer has lots of bugs and polywogs in the pond, but winter is a little spartan... Since my spring die off I put a aerator in the pond and haven't had any other spring die offs, but i don't know if that is a result of it or just the way the year worked out... Are there other forage minnows that would survive the gill and predators? if so what are they and are there any sources close to Utah that you could get them to the pond before they died? Also I don't want the minnows to get too big so they can't be controlled by the gills and predators... I know of a source in Toole that has the gills and lmb but they don't have a lot of other things...