Pond is 3/4 acre. Stocked with FHs and 500 BG late Oct of 04, 100 REs and 100 CNBG in Feb 05, and 60 LMB in late May 05. BG and FHs have had sucessful spawns. Some BG are nearly hand size and the 6 bass I have caught in the last few weeks have ranged from 9 to 12 inches. BG are fed 4 or 5 days a week during warm weather.

I would like to have decent fishing for both BG and bass, not at all concerned about trophy bass but I would like to be able to have some nice BG. I am considering stocking a 100 or so cats this spring. I love to eat em and so does my family. I have become the popular family fish fry man. My neighbor has a cat pond and has always encouraged me to take all I want but I hate to continue now that we have our own pond.

Question is this. How will stocking and feeding cats negatively effect the BG feeding? My fear is that the cats will scare the BG away from the feed. Any way to avoid this? I dearly love quality BG, but really like eating cats as well.

Any advice or personal experiences appreciated. Thanks