I have a new to me, old pond. I know I have a leak in the dam and plan on watching things for year one. It’s currently full after recent rains.

The former owner says there are no fish and I’ve yet to get a nibble with a couple of worm fishing attempts. I suspect a low or no current fish population

My question is would it make sense to stock fatheads or some other forage fish now while I see how things go with the leak? If the pond holds through the year, I plan on stocking it as a BG / LMB pond.

If it holds, I have a bait population. If I need to rebuild the dam, I’m only out the baitfish stocking. Make sense?