I have a question. Its said that small catfish hardly ever make it due to bass/preditor predation. So, my question is. If you have a few bigger channel cats, say 2 dozen in your pond and you encourage them to spawn, wouldnt this add to the food chain? I hear you dont want to encourage catfish to spawn, but if there succes rate of surviving to adults is very low, then why not encourage them to add to the food chain?
