I wondered about the angling stress. I had heard as adult large fish they sometimes fight themselves to death.
Been trying to bring them right in when angling, not letting them "fight" very long to keep the stress to a minimum.
Another thing we did was put a cage in the pond and put them in the submerged holding cage while we were catching enough. Would have thought that would have been better than holding them in the hauling cooler but it did require handling the fish an extra time to transfer them.
Seine would be the best but I do not have a seine big enough to cover the pond. I do have a couple of short seines but not sure I could herd enough up into a corner and catch them that way. Just have to try it and see. I would think they all would just go around the end.
I have a good way to raise them, not so good to collect them.
