Pond bummer...or not?

[Radar]

green sunfish...aka "creek perch" are some good river bait for a yella cat.

Yes and so is mud cats aka bullheads. Boy, when the river is a rising, and you got a bucket of live bait, you can catch some dandies on a rod and reel.

[AntlerCollector]

OP, How bout you post up some pics of these "flatheads"... I'd be real interested to see a pond raised flathead...

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[Mayhem]

You got a pond full of poly wogs.


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[AntlerCollector]

You got a pond full of poly wogs.


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Flat headed poly wogs

[Grizz83]

I've never heard of the notion that green sunfish were bad for ponds.

[systemnt]

I've never heard of the notion that green sunfish were bad for ponds.

Only in ponds with flat mudcat polywogs.

[Smart]

You got a pond full of poly wogs.


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A conversation from my youth...circa 1976ish


Grandaddy....these have yellow on their bellies. Is that what they call a yellow cat?

Son.....that's a **** pollywog. Channel cats go on the stringer...Pollywogs get thrown up on the bank.

But grandaddy...I don't want......

Just do as you are told son..


Yes sir...(Flip) .

[Smart]

Guessing he's talking about fathead minnows?

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I'm hoping this is the case....as it would make the most sense after a pond goes dry

[Grizz83]

Only in ponds with flat mudcat polywogs.

But are they yellow?

[Dale Moser]

Mud cat/bullhead/polywog...




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[Dale Moser]

What's this one?



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[hog_down]

I've never heard of the notion that green sunfish were bad for ponds.

Some people have the opinion that because of the larger mouth on the green sunfish, they can fit compete against the bass for food, and possibly eat the bass fry. A full blooded bluegill as a pretty small mouth in relation to the green sunfish.

[Heath]

What's this one?



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A chicken [emoji1]

[RaginCagin]

It would only take a few 10-15 lb flat heads to wipe out an acre pond in a short amount of time. They are heavy eaters and not many ponds could sustain a population of flat heads. Not to mention unless you have a creek or river that overflows to the pond or someone put some in it im not sure how it would have flatheads. Thats just not their native environment.

[Jaybo31]

A conversation from my youth...circa 1976ish


Grandaddy....these have yellow on their bellies. Is that what they call a yellow cat?

Son.....that's a **** pollywog. Channel cats go on the stringer...Pollywogs get thrown up on the bank.

But grandaddy...I don't want......

Just do as you are told son..


Yes sir...(Flip) .

I had that same conversation.