I’m curious on the long term effects of the blue cats. With the channel catfish population being high and needing reduced would there be any worry about adding blue catfish to the equation and having them eventually grow to numbers that would begin to be detrimental? After they get shad under control through predation and larger shad dying to age what species would the blue cats likely target next. Would they take after crappie? We could likely use some control on crappie but would they target the larger crappie or other species? I’m not wanting to trade one catfish issue for another. Are they prolific eaters like flatheads that eats or kill whatever’s right by?
