The largest LMBs we have taken were 7.5 lb and 6 lbs. I am sure they are few and far between. We have many BG of all sizes. I don�t know whether I should put this in a separate thread but my most frustrating pond problem is the fact that I ham having great difficulty raising CC. We purchased the property about 4 years ago. About 3 years ago I had 400 average 10 inch CC stocked. I began supplementary feeding at that time. I have never seen any CC feeding at the automatic feeder. We caught CC (C and R) for the next several months but the bite slowed to almost nothing. In late 2013 I purchased 600 fish and attempted to grow them in a large floating cage with another feeder. The idea was to grow them to near a pound and release them. Unfortunately I was not very smart on timing and didn�t realize they ate very little in the winter. The pond then froze over for a few days and obviously this took a toll on the fish. About half of them died after that event and the 300 remaining were released but did not look very healthy. Last spring I started another 600 5-7 inch fish in the pen. At about 10 inches I released them, all looking very healthy. Although they ate the feeder food while in the pen, I still have not seen any CC at the original feeder nor have I seen any evidence of any of them via bite. By the time the last bunch were released, the coontail/milfoil problem had become overwhelming, making the pond nearly unfishable. I am hoping that the fish are there somewhere but am at a loss as to finding them (or the previously stocked CC). I am tired of hearing that �anybody can grow catfish.� Not true!
