Moving water will be introduced in the spring/summer. But it appears
that gars are banned as well:

http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/fish/ans/ans_species.htm

As for the flathead catfish, that would appear to *not* be banned.

http://www.landbigfish.com/fish/fish.cfm?ID=11 says that the species
name is "Pylodictis olivaris", and WA only bans Family Clariidae
(walking catfish)

However, that same page lists the Ideal Temperature for flathead cats
as 75 to 84. I definitely get a layer of ice over the pond in the
winter.


Boy howdy. That DFW page is a wishlist for my pond. Not being stupid
enough to intentionally put a pet fish into the local waterways, it
really irks me that they ban vicious fish that can't possibly move
across the land.

(granted, several of the species in that page *can* move across land,
so those are excepted from my rant)





On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:51:07 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
wrote:


"Gene" wrote in message
. ..
Go catch a gar and put that in your pond. They are about as
mean as pirranha.
snip

I had a gar for awhile. He was awesome to watch, and he was a great hunter.
They like moving water, so a serene pond would not be optimal.