Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations how long from fri to topfeedin

I as yal know i have lost all but just a few of my large cc but i have bean seein what i think? is small cc come in at feedin time the ccs that servived are in the 3 to 5 pound range and i do have spounin cover for them so how long from fri to top feedin.

rodeo:

I have all sizes of CC from maybe 9" on up feeding at the same time. I spread the feed out to give lots of BG the opportunity to eat, which may also enable smaller CC.

Rodeo,

I lost all but one of my large catfish several months ago.

As far as I could tell, my big cats would spawn. I have caves in my shoreline banks. The females were full of eggs. But, I never saw any evidence of fry or fingerlings. As far as I can tell, that is pretty typical of catfish in small ponds. The catfish fry don't have a chance against the other fish in the pond.

I put in twenty-five 4-5 inch channel cats on June 1. They were supposed to stay behind a blocking net, but I failed. They were all swimming free in minutes. I was worried that the bass would have them all for snacks.

Lately, I've hooked several 8-9 inch cats that are very healthy and sassy. I assume these are the little guys from June 1.

But, when I feed, all I see are lots of bluegill and a couple of silly bass who act like the pellets are dragon flies six inches above the water. Now and then my big grass carp appear for a snack. Now and then, the remaining big catfish appears. But, so far, none of the little cats ever show up for pellets.

By spring, I hope to have several cages built. They will be for pellet training and fattening new fish.

Good fishn'
Ken

how long dose it take for a cc to grow from fri to fingerlin

I certainly don't know the real answer, since I don't know how to determine when a fry becomes a fingerling. I'll leave that to the experts.

But, my 4-5 inchers grew into 8-9 inchers in two-and-a-half months this summer, in an open pond environment. Had I been able to keep them captive, and fed ever day, I strongly believe they would be at least 12 inchers by now. Maybe bigger.

In a pond environment, catfish fry rarely survive predation to become fingerlings. If they make it, it is rare that fingerlings ever ever make it to 8 + inches. They are just too slow. I'm not sure in a fish farm environment.

i beleave i have had some survivers the last kill i had took care or all my adult bg and i have not put in any lmb yet all the bg i have are very yong themselfs and i do have good cover for the fri to hide in i was just wonderin how long it takes for fris to move in to open water.

Kansas Wildlife & Parks reports CC YOY grow to 4"-5" fingerlings by Fall under aquaculture conditions here.

In my pond, I've never caught a home-boy CC smaller than 6". I guess if I catch a 6" CC in the middle of Summer, it must have hatched the year before. The growth rate you see in Florida would probably exceed Kansas if plenty of food was available.

THANKS for all the input on this i have only stocked one time and i have cc from all age groops but i cant see the the fingerlins very well they dont get close enough to see with my oldman eyes again all my large bg are gone so there has been notin to feed on the youg cc.
sorry it took so long to get back on this but last weak we had a small twister run though my place and took out my pc along with alot of my pine but no damage to the house barn or fencein so we look at it as bein blesed.