When I first started feeding the CC they fed more aggressively every day and the number of them eating pellets seemed to increase. My pond has gone through a lot of changes since then and the CC feed less every day. I am feeding the same amount or slightly more but the food is quickly devoured by everything from fathead and gambusia minnows to CNBG and tilapia. The tilapia and CNBG range from tiny minnow size to 6" cnbg and 1# tilapia. There are literally thousands of forage fish and minnows. With CC as the only predators at this time. Does anyone think the CC have quit feeding on the pellets because of the large numbers of forage fish? I always thought of CC as being lazy and not chasing their prey when an easy meal was available. I feed the same time every day at dawn and the amount is about 4# 5 days a week for around 200# of catfish. I have tried fishing for them several days and they don't bite. Should I stop feeding? Can the biomass of my pond get out of hand without more predators? Has anyone else noticed a similar feeding pattern?

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