Research your local varieties and base your decisions heavily on that.
my 2 cents...
What traits make a good forage fish?
High reproduction with an adult size that is numerous and of useable size that doesn't outgrow potential predation sizes. My efforts are to try and find a species that is numerous in size and quantity at differing water column locations that doesn't directly mimic FHM, yet are slower than GSH. Can it be done?? I'm not sure but am going to try.
Obtained my first wild-caught species today of Red shiner.
Only 23 specimens but a start. They'll be going into forage pond when I'm sure of I.D.
