Thank you for the welcome. Glad to be here! I am not feeding the catfish. They are in the 6-9" range. The stocker told me that they should be OK with the minnows, but I have wondered if I should be feeding them...I've seen flies laying on the top of the pond and the catfish come snap them up.
Just a couple thoughts from a person that has only been managing a pond going on three years now.
I would feed the CC. At least some supplemental feed. If they are 6-9" long in a brand new pond that has not had a chance to develop a natural food chain, they are likely one bunch of starving CC.
Also, if the CC are as hungry as you describe, likely any other fish that die or slow down will quickly become CC food so you may never see the deaths of the other fish. I regularly catch 2-3# CC on curly tail jigs and even spinner baits so they can be aggressive feeders if they want to be. And I feed 3-5# of feed per surface acre almost every day.
Just my 2 cents and welcome to the forum.
Edit: you will not need that much feed with small fish. My CC and BG have become chow hounds since stocking.
