I decided to check a list of fish native to Minnesota and see if any of them would add to my forage base. The list of possabilities included shiner, golden shiner, fat heads, and white sucker. The white sucker is probably the most widely found fish in MN and spawns in lakes if no streams are present (so they say). But they do get bigger than bass could eat. The MN dnr data base makes it sound like the 12" fish are the exception not the rule, they also talk about what an important forage fish it is. Obviously they don't give a hoot how it works in ponds.
Would having more forage, other than Bgill and fatheads, give me more or bigger bass? Is there any benifit to having more forage species?
