I do live in the country and I do have a pond, a very small one. First owner should have dug it deeper.
I do have largemouth in there, a few in the 3 - 4 lb range. kids catch them and throw them back. I’d like to add catfish to eventually catch/eat, but the pond is too small.
I have about an acre of pond. It has been cleaned out and is deeper now.
My understanding is, below a certain size, a pond does better with catfish (and some kind of perch) than it does with bass. So that’s how I plan to proceed.
I doubt we’ll ever harvest a lot from it, but it’ll be nice to have the option.