Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Catfish (blue/channel)

Hello and welcome to the forum. Understand your intention on the Blue Cat stocking, sounds awesome! However, bear in mind catfish can become hookshy and wary after being caught - so those big blues might not serve the purpose you had hoped after you catch them a couple times. Just something to bear in mind. One of the negatives of a micro pond is fishery size for low density apex predators - for species that become wary it can significantly decrease angling success once you catch them a few times.

For cat fisheries it's generally recommended to treat them as a put and take fishery, and supplementally stock to keep population where you want it. If you catch it, harvest it kind of rule. Others managing cat fisheries will be along shortly to fill in the blanks.