You WANT them to die during the Fall. That allows the bass to gorge themselves on the slow swimming fish and the scavengers take out the bigger dead fish from the pond, removing nutrients.

Here in Indiana for FA control we stock at the rate of 40#/surface acre and use fish that are 6"-9" in length at stocking.

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