Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Renovating a Pond or Lake? Reworking and enlarging Pond

Fatheads will work just fine to get your fish started, then after a few years they will be all eaten. Bluegills are the foundation of a good forage fish for LMB. Stock some RES to help with snail control, you might be able to stock CNBG, but depending where in AR you are, they don't go well if you get ice for any length of time. Add the FHM if the hatcheries are open now, if not, as soon as they open in January. Stock the BG/CNBG/RES when the water temps are in the upper 50's to low 60's.