Yes, around May 15 I stock them into the ponds. They are big enough to start breeding almost immediately. Then around the middle of October we start fishing for them before they freeze and die. We rarely see any dead ones after the freeze. Last year we caught quite a few in the 3-4 lb range. These were mostly males but we did catch a few nice 1-2 lb females. I did keep a few females and males in my system this summer instead of shutting it down and did successfully raise about 300 fry that are about 3 inches right now. That just saves me a little money on fry to buy this fall.
