My favorite fish to catch in the wild is yellow cat. They are very hard to catch on a rod and reel but if you can find the Colorado river in central Texas on a rise after a good rain you can fish with night-crawlers. I have caught up to 35# flathead in this manner. If you ever get a chance to fight a 35# yellow cat in a rampaging river it is the closest to Tarpon fishing you will ever get in central Texas. The bite is never in question as it will almost pull the rod out of your hand, you set the hook and loose 200' of line to the first run. Then he will hit the top of the water for the first time and jump completely above the water thrashing and fighting. He will then use the rushing water to zip out another 200' of line. 40 minutes later with your arms trembling you are rewarded with the best eating fish in all the world. I once had a fish fry where I cooked 50# of yellow cat and 50# of channel cat. The yellow cat was all gone before the channel cat was 20% gone. There is no comparison between the two as far as eating. I have caught the yellow cat with patient fishing with some live perch or goldfish on a rod and reel in lakes. I have been doing a lot of reading here and was wondering with the introduction of tilapia in pond keeping, if the ability to raise greater numbers of aggressive large predator fish like the yellow cat is not more feasible than it once was? I was thinking of overwintering tilapia in a heated aquarium and restock in late spring every year. Anyone have experience with yellow cat in a pond?

Please no more rain for a month! :|