We just recently purchased some land with a pond on it. I'm not sure how large the pond is or how large it will be once it fills back up. I started using catfish food purchased from Tractor supply to see if I had any life in the pond, for the first 2 months nothing and then one day there was bait fish galore. A couple of days later there were catfish coming to eat the food. I have fished the pond for bass several times without any success until a couple of days ago, one bass about 4 pounds of fat and healthy.
This is what I'm seeing.
1. I have a ton of bait fish/minnows 2. A good range of channel cat (I have caught 3. 6', 14" and 22") 3. One good size bass. I have yet to catch another of any size 4. Zero perch/sunfish until I added 300 a couple days ago.
Should there be small bass in there also? Will they eat the floating food? Do I have an overabundance of bait fish because I didn't have perch? Or did I already have perch and they just won't eat the floating food.
