Buckhunter76 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 should i take all the catfish out of my pond? i have a couple of bigmouths and a crap load of bluegill and minners, should i keep continueing to stock? will it do any good? its only about 8ft at one end, 3ft at the other, its a 20ft x 30ft pond, lol, im gonna make it bigger as soon as i get the chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 I have no idea! What do you want from it? It's small for sure, but big enough to raise some cat in it if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackedUpZ71 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 It all depends on what you want to fish primarily in the pond. If your a bass fisherman taking the catfish out might not be a bad idea. When a bass is trying to guard its bed in the spring it is going to have a lot of problems trying to fight off bluegills and catfish. Also a pond that size you don't want to over stock because too much competition reduces growth of the fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missed160 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 The most important thing to do is to start getting rid of the sunnies, they will stunt everything. I hunted some land with a stocked pond on it, the fisheries guy we talked to said to dig a hole & just start catching sunnies & tossingthem in. he said you really need to work to keep their population at what is should be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckhunter76 Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 I'm gonna take all the catfish out, definetly, and stock some bass and crappie, any ideas on about how many? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckhunter76 Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Oh, and I've got some cattales, should I take them out, or leave them? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchies Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Don't stock Crappie.................Crappie will overpopulate and kill everything else in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Here is a different idea since your pond is that small. Raise nothing but shiners and sell them as bait. It could be a couple extra bucks in your pocket:smoke: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missed160 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Take the cattails out, they will take over everything less then 6' deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseasl Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 it depends on what you want but I like catfish in a pond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter109 Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 well i have a castnet here we can catch alot of them bulegills out if you want buckhunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Get rid of the cattails for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiedog Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Don't stock Crappie.................Crappie will overpopulate and kill everything else in there That is what I was fixing to say. I built two seperate ponds at the house, one for channel cats and the other for bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Crappie is the worse fish you could put in a pond. That would be a huge mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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