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Thank you very much for your reply. You have touched on several areas, every one, important to me.1) I haven't started to feed yet,(never have-just moved in) however, the guy I bought my house from, said he used to feed them."Not more than they can eat in 20 minutes", is what he told me. I don't know the name of the food though. What's yours? (both kinds, please). 2) Biomass? Never even thought of that, but, I ain't all that smart anyways. So thanx again. 3) 100% Agree. I've never been a big fan of catfish either. (I do like Coho and Steelhead, with an occasional King in the smoker). I too, want a few jumbos in my pond, mostly for my friends kids to catch though. So I'll have to monitor CC populations as well. Switching to predation, my concern was that the CC were so big, they would just hoover up BG eggs? Do they eat BG eggs? Sorry for what I'm sure, seems like a stupid question, but I just don't know. The CC are bullies aren't they? Wouldn't they just kick a BG off their beds, for a free meal? As far as management issues, I do want BBG. I've only caught 12-15 in the past month, however as Bruce has pointed out, they are HBG. I'm going to make that holding pen, next weekend, for HBG only.(well, maybe a CC or 2). Next I must get my hands on some of B.C.'s BG!!!(I'd even trade insulating his garage for a few beauts). Now that that's done, I will admit, I have never caught CC like that before either. I don't think anyone has fished the pond for years, and when they (CC) saw chicken livers, they went nuts?!!! The pond is only about a 1/4 acre, but it IS deep(14'), I really need to ZAP the pond to get accurate numbers on populations, I just cannot afford it. If I caught those three, lost one, in 30 minutes, it's probably safe to assume there is a BUNCH of them, so I should be taking them to the 'tank' as I catch them? .......did the pics come through? If so, is there a 'rule of thumb' for measuring weight with only length and girth measured? Scale is nowhere to be found at this time. Thank You again for taking the time to help me, really.

Thanks I'll try again and again ...

I don't know what kind, but yes I got bluegill, I will take a pic of the next one I get. They are nothing compared to the size of the monsters you have created. MONSTERS.