Thanks guys. I would never say who sold me the first fish. I am not mad at him and I don't want anything from him. I am just looking for advise on how to correct the problem. I put in 150lm 4" in Oct 03 and my neighbor put in 2" this may and his are 7" already. Mine are only 9" now. I think that I will thin out some of my bass and restock with a new strain this fall. As for the channel cats, I think they died. Thanks.