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 Re: Too Many Catfish
[Re: Terry M]
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07/23/20 04:47 AM
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MRR
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I would get a fish trap with adjustable throat and try to remove the smaller mudcat, there are a lot of yellowcat fishermen that would like them for bait
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Re: Too Many Catfish
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07/27/20 04:09 PM
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Re: Too Many Catfish
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07/31/20 10:39 PM
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Channel cats are easy to raise and bullheads are impossible to get rid of once established. If it was my little pond I would rotenone the whole pond, keep or giveaway the fish and start over with just channel cats.
With a feeder you will have 4 pounders in a couple years.
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Re: Too Many Catfish
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09/22/20 05:36 PM
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Downhomebaits
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Re: Too Many Catfish
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09/22/20 07:10 PM
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Re: Too Many Catfish
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09/22/20 08:16 PM
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JohnButte
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While l love the flathead idea, the rotenone one is probably the best course. You will never get all the bullheads out and they reproduce quick.
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Re: Too Many Catfish
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09/29/20 10:42 PM
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uncle_bagster
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I wonder if you could use some type of large net? Maybe something a 100' long or so that could be pulled by a 4WD pickup or tractor. This is probably a hair-brained idea, but it sounds like something that might work.
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Re: Too Many Catfish
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09/30/20 01:54 PM
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I wonder if you could use some type of large net? Maybe something a 100' long or so that could be pulled by a 4WD pickup or tractor. This is probably a hair-brained idea, but it sounds like something that might work. If the pond is shallow (<6ft deep), roughly circular or rectangular, and has no brush, stumps, logs, cover etc to hang the net on then a big seine net can effectively empty a pond if you keep the lead line on the bottom and don't loose the catch when you start pulling the net out of the water. You'll need trucks/tractors for big nets. Probably a good YouTube video on harvesting aquaculture ponds that can show you how to do it. Usually have to drag the net a few times to get everything.
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Re: Too Many Catfish
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10/29/20 07:00 PM
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SteveBob
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Still having issues? Since all catfish below 5lbs pretty much taste the same, I bet you could advertise the problems you have with the pond locally and charge $20 a head to fish the pond out for you. It would be fished empty in 1 afternoon here in Central Texas (between Waco & Austin). That or you could do like the catfish farms around Austin and charge for the catch by the pound. But then again, after word of mouth, good luck getting rid of the poachers. They can be harder to remove than the bullheads.
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Re: Too Many Catfish
[Re: Terry M]
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03/07/21 07:52 AM
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Some pond stocking companies carry hybrid striper. I wonder if you could get your hands on a dozen or so adult hybrids if they would take care of the bullhead problem, they’re incredibly aggressive and as small as most bullheads are they should be able to eat them no problem.
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Re: Too Many Catfish
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03/09/21 03:51 PM
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texcajun
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Mudcats make great flathead bait, just saying.
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