Finally caught a cat from the pond.

[Blue-Dot-37.5]

They started coming up for the fish food the other day. I hung a piece of Catfish Power Bait - Liver Flavor 3" beneath a small float. One sucked it in not a minute after it hit the water. 20"long, 4 3/4# Tomorrow's dinner! Too late to clean tonite, so I filled a horse trough with water and I'll let him swim 'till dinnertime.

I stocked 50 of them in the pond in the Spring of 2003 at 6" long. I didn't start feeding last year 'till late August and quit in October. I didn't think they would grow that fast. :shock:

 

[VENISONEATR]

Well.... did you eat it??? How was it???

 

[peteo]

Way to go Bluedot you have to be real patient to catch them cats, but 2 years is strecthing it. I think you have the makings of a good dinner.

 

[Loggy]

Bout time you pull some out of that pond BD!!! :lol:

Thats the size for mighty fine good eatin.

 

[Blue-Dot-37.5]

It tasted just fine! I plucked one from the pond last year, it was 16" long. I stocked it with 50 channels that were 6" long in 2002, after a bad winterkill that just about killed everything in the pond. They grew 5" from last year! I'll see about getting another one tonite.

 

[Loggy]

BD, sounds like they are eatin pretty good there! You got some bluegills etc in there for them cats to feed on?

 

[Blue-Dot-37.5]

Loggy, there are bass, the cats and lots of 'gills. I put in close to 500 last year, and another big bunch this year. A few of the bass spawned, and there were clouds 3' to 4' in dia. of 3/4" long largemouth fry. The 'gills made a lot of beds too. There are 'gills from 8" down to fry. Next month I plan on throwing in 20# or so of fathead minnows to help the fish over the winter. They are supposed to spawn a few times in a year, & I think that will give them enough time to get 1 brood in before the winter. No cats this evening.

 

[Loggy]

Sounds like you got a good thing going there BD. My Dad & I used to stock a local farm pond years ago with crappies and bass. It was really fun seein those fish grow and taken a few now & then for the fryin pan.