Be prepared to lose some of them if you practice catch and release. Trout are not a good catch and release fish especially in a pond where oxygen levels and temps may not be as optimum as possible. If it was me I would wait until they reach to size you want to harvest them at or take a few out now and them.

If you feed your trout you can expect a 1 to 1 1/2 inch growth rate per month into the end of October. Trout grow quite rapidly compared to most warmwater gamefish if they are fed.

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.