raising catfish to eat

[Happy7Farm]

How many catfish can you raise in a 1000 gallon cistern?

We have discovered another water source on our property and now have the use of a 1000 gallon cistern and one of the kids suggested we use it to raise catfish in.

Will it be worth it? How long does it take a 6 inch catfish to reach, say, 16 inches?

Thanks, Happy

[Alice In TX/MO]

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[NostalgicGranny]

We stocked our pond last spring with cats, blue gill, and bass. The blue gills we have been catching are fairly small, but hubby pulled a good sized cat fish out of there last week. Not sure how to post a picture or I could show you. So my guess would be about a season. They were barely finger length when we put them in.

[Riverdale]

We are looking at catfish and yellow perch in stock tanks. If it goes well, we will go larger tanks.