We have bass, bream, catfish, fathead minnows, and will be stocking threadfin shad in the near future for additional forage. You can catch a mess of fish anytime you want. I have heard some people say you can't have a trophy bass pond with catfish. We don't catch a lot of 10 lb. plus bass. We have caught a lot of 5-7 lb. bass, as well as a few larger ones. If your pond is only 1.5 acres you can only raise so many big bass. There is a blue/channel cross that I would highly recommend, especially if you have people in your family who like to catch fish.
