A friend and I went to meet one of the Arkansas fish trucks this morning to get some fish. Just ahead of us was a guy who lives a couple of miles from us, and is a friend of friends. Not somebody we really knew.

As I walked up behind him I heard him ordering crappie. I kind of questioned him about why, and the fish truck driver wasn't too happy with me as I explained. He said he has about an acre pond that is about 15 years old with bass, bluegill, catfish, and crappie.

Then he finished his order. 200 2-3 inch bluegill, 100 3-4 inch catfish, and a pound of fatheads. I didn't say anything. The catfish he was buying were $0.45 each. He could have gotten 6-8 inch catfish for $0.65 each.

I didn't say anything. My friend and I looked at each other. We figure his investment of about $200-$250 was probably gobbled up by his resident bass and crappie within an hour of dumping the new fish in. We invited him to come visit to talk about pond management.

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