Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Best weed

Greetings,
New guy here!
I have been poking around the site for a short time now, gathering a learning all that I can about ponds and how to best navigate for what I am about to embark on. Currently, I am getting familiar with the nuances of pond management and pond building. It appears that in the near future I will be handed the opportunity to manage three existing ponds and creating a new one. I have so much to learn and do not want to be overwhelmed so I will start with this question. If you were starting to build a new pond that will fill to around 3 acres and 25ft deep, stocked with smallmouth bass, have aeration and possibly crayfish and fatheads to jump start it, and adding as much habitat as possible, what aquatic vegetation would you be considering. I have learned here, that crayfish love weeds so they may be second in the supply chain, after the plants get a good hold. Iam trying to prevent a weed takeover but I know how important they can be. In the development of a pond. With all that said, what is the opinion of those in the know as to what is a great plant to start, once water is added?
If this is too vague, please tell me what other information I can provide to help formulate some ideas.
I truly look forward to hearing from everyone.
Thank you so very much.

Use the information in our Common Q&A Pond Archives to do more of your homework. Spend a concerted effort reading and learning from all the excellent and appropriate topics of information for your goals before contracting to build a pond. You dig a hole however you BUILD a pond preferably one that does not leak. Then return for unanswered questions.
Developing the short term and LONG term goals for the pond is the main 1st step. Getting the best pond plans and design is your 2nd project. Then 3nd is selecting the best pond builder and not a pond digger is your 3nd project.

https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=22&page=1

Other things that you should have and read carefully are a few books from the PBoss book store.

https://www.pondboss.com/store?c=8

Three of the basic books for beginners are:
Just Add Water by long time and excellent pond BUILDER Mike Otto.
Perfect Pond Want One by the Pond Boss himself Bob Lusk
Beyond The Basics - Bob Lusk again discusses and educates about basic successful pond management.

The other books are good. I have all of them for a small part of my pond management education.
The other thing you should do is subscribe to Pond Boss Magazine - money well spent for what you can learn from each issue.