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mwigginsUser is Offline New Poster New Poster Send Private Message Posts:3 mwiggins
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06 Jun 2010 09:20 PM
    I have a 1.5 acre pond that we drained and dug out about 3 years ago...(we dug it cause it filled in with mud over the years)....we restocked it with close to 1000 baby catfish about a 1.5 inches long..the fish are growing...they are just big enough now to bite a small hook (maybe 3 or 4 inches)...im thinking that since we dug it out maybe the pond is lacking nutrients or food or something? I know catfish are slow growers and for some species it takes 3 to 5 years for them to reach a couple pounds...i heard that hay bales are good nutrients and the fish can feed off of this...Any suggestions?
    If your baits dry, your not catching jack!!!
    KrzfshrmnUser is Offline New Poster New Poster Send Private Message Posts:44 Krzfshrmn
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    07 Jun 2010 09:32 PM
    If you live close to the pond you would get faster results to spend yoour money on some commercial catfish feed and feed them several times a week if not evert day .  With your growing season down there it must be a real sterile pond to only be 4" afer three years.

    Gary
    JoelWUser is Offline New Poster New Poster Send Private Message Posts:172 JoelW
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    11 Jun 2010 12:50 PM
    Krzfshrmn is right, you could even try dog or cat food. We just put all our fish that we catch into a bucket then transport them to our pond. Our pond is about
    30 years old, we get catfish up to 20 pounds. I thijnk those might be the fish that we put in there!
    "Vegatarian: Old indian word for bad fisherman"
    PegsguyUser is Offline Veteran Poster Veteran Poster Send Private Message Posts:4104 Pegsguy
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    11 Jun 2010 08:50 PM
    Taking it upon yourself to move fish from one body of water to another is not a very good idea these days with the advent of invasives and VHS. It only takes one fish or bucket of contaminated water to devastate the fish in a lake or pond. Leave the stocking to the pros or buy your stock from a licensed dealer. Tom
    Lifer in NE Illinois Gen. 1:28 I didn't rise to the top of the food chain to become a vegitarian!
    ice cube bobUser is Offline Veteran Poster Veteran Poster Send Private Message Posts:2708 ice cube bob
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    11 Jun 2010 09:51 PM

    To make my catfish GROW........I release them after i catch them, no pics or anything.

    Once thats done the tales just Grow and GROW.

    One 10 inch fish got all the way up to 36 inches by the time I got home.
    JoelWUser is Offline New Poster New Poster Send Private Message Posts:172 JoelW
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    11 Jun 2010 10:47 PM
    Posted By Pegsguy on 11 Jun 2010 09:50 PM
    Taking it upon yourself to move fish from one body of water to another is not a very good idea these days with the advent of invasives and VHS. It only takes one fish or bucket of contaminated water to devastate the fish in a lake or pond. Leave the stocking to the pros or buy your stock from a licensed dealer. Tom 


       What do you mean buy invaives and VHS?  The only time that all our fish have had a huge die off is when the pong got to crouded and the temperature got to hot.
    "Vegatarian: Old indian word for bad fisherman"
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