Pond catfish's belly is extremely swollen!

[DarkLies]

Aww, that's horrible that they did that!! But at least you're getting somewhere

 

[brian1973]

on the ghost shrimp why buy when you can catch your own?

Palaemonetes paludosus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Try the NANFA link in my sig and post they may be able to tell you some areas to catch them in Louisiana.

 

[DarkLies]

Woah..I dunno how to work that site, but I'll deff check it out
But all I know is that we've got river shrimp down here..? We catch (not me personally) and eat em..once again, like the crawfish, not raise them lol