Yes, that really is a catfish on the far left side. The rest of these beauties are now between 6-12 inches long. And they eat like teenagers -- 3 to 4 handfulls at a feeding, and then an hour later acting like they haven't eaten for weeks.
Look closely...this baby was no longer than my thumbnail when first seen a month ago. Now he and 3 brown babies enjoy life in the stream. About four more babies, thumbnail-size, have been seen in the big pond. The fish food, about pea size, is hard, but softens fairly quickly. Babies can nibble at it and do all right. But the adults swim up with their mouths opened up as wide as their bodies and gulp four or five pieces at a time. Last Friday, though, at feeding time Nelson saw one of the babies trolling near one of the big fish. Small flakes of fish food passed through the big fish's gills and the baby ate those nibble-sized flakes.