drumz, were they definitely Channel Catfish or could they have been bullheads?
That is what I thought they were at first so I posted pictures here and yall quickly educated me in how to determine catfish species.

here is the post on it:
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302072BTW: My memory's timeline was off a little, this was not even 3 months after I stocked my 1.5-2" CNBG. I would have definately noticed one of these guys mixed in with all those little fish.