Big diff from what we see. most ponds the trout hammer the food. We stocked about 40 ponds this fall/winter and many have large cats. What time in Nov did you stock? I get nervous with nov stocking. This year around nov 20??we got a warm snap in the 80's glad we waited until after thanksgiving. They could have died before they had a chance if that happened. Then with catfish they cleaned up any trout before they floated up. Hope they showup for you but this is a possibility if not seeing them feed.

Greg Grimes
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