I've been feeding my fish for a few weeks now and today my white catfish started coming up to feed and I know it sounds crazy but I think I'm going to enjoy feeding and watching my fish grow more than catching them
Same here. If it were only for the fishing, I got lots of places I could fish. Feeding the fish and puttering around doing things with the pond and surrounding area are what I like best.
As far as the fishing, I've been targeting 4-5" BG to transfer out of my main pond to an old pond where I've been trying to get the upper hand on the GSF and bullhead population. I really enjoy sitting down with a number 10 or 12 hook (I like cricket hooks with the long shank)with a bit of "Slim Jim" on it and catching 20 or 30 BG to transfer, then catching as many 3-4" GSF to kill and feed the CC out of the old pond. Then every once in a while I catch a 8" BG on that small hook and 4# test line and that is pretty exciting.
But if the fishing is all there was to it, I probably would not be a pond owner.