Originally Posted By: KapHn8d

Is you recommendation to avoid sunfish based on their reproduction rate? I was kinda looking forward to letting my little nieces fish those... just curious.

Thanks, John!
/clayton




Yes, sunfish will overpopulate in a small pond in the absence of predators. Best to have only a few channel cats and fathead minnows. You might be able to obtain a few albino channel cats for effect. I was able to get a few in 2015-16. The biggest one is about seven pounds now.