That sounds like a plan to me John. Funny in my pond it is the opposite. The CC are lucky to get any and if they show up to the party late, they don't.
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That may have to do with a couple of things though. First we have fished out a LOT of our CC. Have been trying to fish them out of the pond (already catching several 5-6" fingerlings so we have had CC reproduction) but since hot weather they are not biting like they were earlier in the year.
Snrub,
I have about 70 CC in my 1/4 acre pond, including three albino brooders between two and three pounds, and one other albino maybe 1-1/4 pounds. The rest of the regular and albino catfish are 12" and smaller. I think the BG may be scared of the larger albinos. I plan to catch a bunch of the regular CC out this fall if they get big enough to eat. I am feeding about 24 ounces of food now twice a day, and don't want to spoil the water by feeding too much in this hot weather.
Since you got the big inflow of rain water, your fish may be getting a lot more natural food, with all the wash in of insects and worms, plus food in the grass that was covered. My CC don't seem to eat as well for a day after a good rain.
