catfish stocking

[hounddog25]

well guys i done some catfish stocking of the pond today.these were some nice fish today.they were about 1/3 larder than most of the time you buy them.












a few ducks on the pond.also seen about 12 pair of woodies .spring is on its way.

[bowhunter1970]

Nice pics hounddog, geeez, it seems like your a million miles away when I have to look at this


We got abut another 6 inches today!!!!

Is this crap ever gonna end?!?!

[Admin]

Jeepers hounddog, you're torturing us with these pics of dry ground and open water

[teamhoytpa]

nice healthy looking fish!!!!!
If you don't mind me asking, what is the price for catfish in your area. We had a small lake stocked with trout a couple years ago and by going off of what i remember it was about a $150 bill for approximatly 15 12", about 8 15", and five or six 18", for browns and rainbows.

[sloppyseconds]

Looks like a fun project ;D You certainly have a short winter down there? What's the coldest it gets where you are?

[hounddog25]

the catfish cost $65 per hundred count.sloppy...the picture is fooling you guys..it was a sunny day and about 50F and it had rained all night long.the ground is froizen down under the mud still....the past 2 months it has been cold....i am talking sigle digits.it usually dont get below 0 here but for a short time i seen it hit -10F.tonight it will hit about 10 to 15F.but will be back up to the 30's for the high tomorrow.2 wekends ago it never got abouve 8F...down here wea re all over the board for temps....it was in the 60's while i was killing deer this year....ughhhh....i like cold for killing deer.spring is coming soon....

by the way our average last frost for gardening is may 10th and first frost about oct 8th.but have seen it frost 3 mornings in a row in mid june and it smoked my garden.

[sloppyseconds]

How fast do those things grow?

[drev92]

ok i dont much about fish but the one looks albino... am i seeing things or is that common?

[muskrat24]

They look to be channel catfish is that right hounddog.

[hounddog25]

they are called silver channels...yes there are a acouple od albinos in the bags...they sale them also.but only had a few with them on truck.the gal gave me a couple for fun to see how they do.

[drev92]

wow it would be cool to catch a full grown albino catfish!!!

[badger]

Did ya tip the fish gal honddog? ;D ;D

Very cool, allways wanted my own pond to stock.

I think I would go with some hybrid sunfish, and then the channel cats.

In case anyone is considering it, don't put flathead cats in your pond. Unless you want to clean out all the bass and bluegills!!!

I've seen it firsthand.

[teamhoytpa]

badger, I think that's fairly common with neary any catfish. My grandfathers lake had them in there. They overpopulated and then started fighting and basically killed each other off. After they were gone the bass and bluegill population exploded!!!!!!