I heard these have been used in catfish farms id think they would be great as a predator to keep certain Numbers down i really wana have a pond of crappie but everyone says how they will take over but id think with the hybrid catfish they could keep crappies numbers down while getting larger at the same time

also do they taste better than normal channels? iv never had a blue cat i was told flathead was the best then blue then channels i dont want any bass in my pond just crappie some bluegill if they dont get in the way and cats i think channels wouldnt help keep the numbers down on crappie in say a 1 acre pond