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<blockquote data-quote="Arnold Ziffle" data-source="post: 214153" data-attributes="member: 43"><p>I stocked channel cats, hybrid bluegills and fat head minnows. I've not experienced any muddy water problems from my cats, nor has my brother in his pond. The hybrid bluegills grow to good size, generally won't reproduce and will eat the floating catfish pellets, assuming you plan on doing some feeding. Most folks hereabouts add bass to the combo I listed. Talk with the extension guy or the fingerling supplier about the proper time to stock the bass versus catfish, which can depend on the size of each species that you plan to stock. Don't stock any crappies unless you have many acre feet of water and can put enough fishing pressure on them. Never put yellow cats (aka "flatheads" and "opelousas") in a farm pond/tank. Put some floating debris, such as a few long boards, in the water to assist the fathead minnows in reproduction -- eggs adhere to the boards. Consider a water fertilization program. Also, consider some way of getting aeration, during the summer months especially. As your fish get larger make sure you don't get too many pounds of fish for the available water -- they need to be transferred from the pond to the skillet or grill. You can get fingerlings for a reasonable price from Dunn's Fish Farm (they have a website that you can get to via google) and they deliver about once a month ( in the evening) to Ft. Bend Feed in Rosenberg --- I think they also deliver to Needville or possibly Damon. For large enough orders they will deliver right to your water. As the weather gets hotter and hotter you'll want to study the logistics of getting your fingerlings quickly from the supplier's truck to your water. Expect to see a helluva lot of herons patrolling your water and stealing your small fish. Of course it is against the law to shoot them. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arnold Ziffle, post: 214153, member: 43"] I stocked channel cats, hybrid bluegills and fat head minnows. I've not experienced any muddy water problems from my cats, nor has my brother in his pond. The hybrid bluegills grow to good size, generally won't reproduce and will eat the floating catfish pellets, assuming you plan on doing some feeding. Most folks hereabouts add bass to the combo I listed. Talk with the extension guy or the fingerling supplier about the proper time to stock the bass versus catfish, which can depend on the size of each species that you plan to stock. Don't stock any crappies unless you have many acre feet of water and can put enough fishing pressure on them. Never put yellow cats (aka "flatheads" and "opelousas") in a farm pond/tank. Put some floating debris, such as a few long boards, in the water to assist the fathead minnows in reproduction -- eggs adhere to the boards. Consider a water fertilization program. Also, consider some way of getting aeration, during the summer months especially. As your fish get larger make sure you don't get too many pounds of fish for the available water -- they need to be transferred from the pond to the skillet or grill. You can get fingerlings for a reasonable price from Dunn's Fish Farm (they have a website that you can get to via google) and they deliver about once a month ( in the evening) to Ft. Bend Feed in Rosenberg --- I think they also deliver to Needville or possibly Damon. For large enough orders they will deliver right to your water. As the weather gets hotter and hotter you'll want to study the logistics of getting your fingerlings quickly from the supplier's truck to your water. Expect to see a helluva lot of herons patrolling your water and stealing your small fish. Of course it is against the law to shoot them. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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