Hi. My wife and I are buying a small property with an existing 1 acre pond. When we were looking at it, the seller threw some food in to show me the fish. There was a myriad of small bream and about 7 blue cats around 7 or 8 pounds. He said that he had stocked it with bluegill, crappie and blue cats. I didn't see any crappie feeding but don't know that they would take fish food like the bluegill. I would like to manage the pond for nice size bluegill and 2-3 pound catfish. I will try to fish out and trap some of the small BG but my question is, since the pond seems to be out of balance, would it hurt or help to put a few HSB in to eat some of the BG?
There isn't much structure in the pond except for a fallen tree that is at one end. The shore line drops quickly to the maximum depth of 8 feet. It is mostly spring fed with some run off. I know that crappie are a bad idea in a small pond but don't want to do anything drastic until I've lived with it for at least a year.
What do ya'll recommend? Thanks.
