I’ve always wondered how good channel catfish are at controlling bluegills, crappie, green sunfish and other members of the sunfish family. In the typical LMB, bluegill and catfish lake, how much of the predation on the bluegills comes from the catfish? How many of the LMB fry and fingerlings do the catfish eat? While I haven’t read of anyone trying it, would just a catfish and bluegill lake work? How good of predators are catfish on crappies? Are the blue/channel catfish better predators? How big do the catfish need to get to be effective predators on bluegills, crappies etc? Any other ideas on this subject would be greatly appreciated.
