Wow, I appreciate the hopsitality. I must apologize, I had brain fart and put blue cat instead of channel. I do not plan on adding blues....especially if the are going to be problematic.
The ultimate goal would be to have a healthy bass population...one that would sustain some 5+ lb. fish, a few catfish (as these will be fished the least) and a nice crappie population that could be harvested for food. The smaller blue gills and such are somehat optional as the younger kids enjoy the action but do not fish much.
So with that said what would you fellers recommend for this summary goal:
-healthy 5+ lb. bass population (catch and release)
-slab crappie for consumption
-catfish for occasional consumption
-other panfish as pond allows.
I could nearly delete all catfish if it was a problem to the others