Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Tilapia with Winterkill

I was watching the Pond Boss live on FB yesterday and there was some discussion on Tilapia that got me thinking. Had a couple of questions but the feed got cut off before I could ask. Both side of the equation were discussed on Tilapia as supplemental forage and grazing of plants and each had varying stocking amount(s) recommended.

For FA control it sounds like smaller sized Tilapia are better at eating FA and stocking rates were a little higher.

For forage I suspect this somehow links to "preferred" food size compared to size of the predator fish, in my case LMB.

Not pulling a trigger on this in 2024 for sure. 2025 would be the soonest this could come into play. With the winterkill a virtual certainty on water temps for my area. What I'm curious about is what would be the stocking size on a FA vs Forage basis be?

Is the goal to stock fish that are large enough to spawn / not be eaten or stock a higher number of smaller fish that some may be eaten and some will grow eating FA until winter/predation takes them out?

Just me trying to learn. As I said....no intention of adding them to the pond this year for sure.