Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose restocking channel cats

In Oct. 2004 I stocked 300 6"to 8" channel cats in my pond in south Louisiana. I also put in 125 lmb, 500 coppernose, and 200 red ears. I have taken about 12 channels out to eat(are now about 15"s long. Should i buy more channels to get another age class or should i wait. We will be taking all channels we catch 15" or larger out of the pond we catch from now on. Thanks for the advise in advance.

I forgot to to add that the pond is a little bigger than 1&1/3 ac in size. Sorry.

I would wait and be taking out more of your existing cats

I agree with Bill. It's only going to take a year for CC to grow from the size you'll have to stock to escape LMB predation (probably a size up from your original 6"-8" CC) to your lower eating limit of 15". So I'd keep track of the number you remove and estimate how many are left (stockers - removals - estimated mortality), then figure on restocking when you think you've got about a year's worth of CC left to catch.

Thanks for the replies.