Augie,
What esshup said. I agree with both of you. I would only add that winter (though maybe not so much at your location) can enforce the limits of carrying capacity. Carrying capacity isn't always limited by food. IOW there may be plenty of food to bring the standing weight above the carrying capacity for winter. Under such conditions, there will be winter mortality (which can go entirely unnoticed) that pares the standing weight to the most limiting condition. If you suspect this may be so in your pond ... I would encourage you to do this. Consider harvesting the goal weight from now until the winter begins to ice for extended periods. If the condition prevails that winter is most limiting, if you delay harvest until spring ... you would be paring an already pruned population of fish. Just something to give some thought to.
