I currently am trying to improve a 16 acre pond with a friend. It is part of a housing community in central North Carolina but has been neglected. It is currently overrun with yellow bullheads which tells me the LMB population is poor. Our goal is to turn it into more of a catfish (CC and BCF) pond so the lack of LMB isn’t much of a problem. I have been tempted to try out the golden shiner package from Anderson Farms but my fear is that they won’t live long enough to reproduce and establish themselves before being eaten in an established BOW. It was suggested to me in another thread to start stocking with large, adult BG to increase the amount of BG offspring to become food for the predators.
So, 2 questions. Would adding golden shiners to a pond that had a few predators in it already be a waste of money? I haven’t seen any other baitfish in here. And is the bluegill approach really feasible? Would small BG keep the catfish happy?
