Stocking blue cats in your pond or lake can add diversity and more recreational value, and not to mention, more broken lines and straightened hooks. The D&B strain of blue catfish got its name at the D&B Fish Farm in Crockett TX which has since gone out of business. This strain was also shared by the Catfish Meadows hatchery and continues to exist as broodstock and fingerlings. The link to the right will provide you with much useful information about blue cats. Blue cats have the potential to outgrow channel catfish in your fishery, and they are twice the fighter. Dinner table value is higher or lower than channel catfish, depending on your taste buds. Stocking rate is up to 1000/acre in ponds where you have a daily feeding program, and 100 to the acre for ponds where competition for food might inhibit other goals you might be working on.