Howdy all.

So we bought a property about a year ago that had two established ponds. One is about an acre, 8'-10' deep and full of goggle eye perch and shiners, and the other is about 2 acres, 10'-12' deep and full of shiners and largemouth bass. The bass pond was "stocked" with mature fish from other locations and has developed into a fun pond to fish. Some bass in the 6lb range have been caught. Lots of bass of all sizes, and lots of forage in the shiners.

BOTH ponds however are full of bullhead catfish. Thousands of them I'm guessing. Every so often I see pods of bullhead fry near the banks. If you try and catch perch with a worm and a bobber, you catch bullheads every single cast.

Both of the ponds are fed by creeks, and this is probably a repeating issue.

So the question is....do I just live with them since otherwise the ponds are performing as required? Or would "relocating" as many of them as often as possible be a better solution?

Any opinions are appreciated.

tb

Last edited by tb6440; 06/05/21 11:40 AM.