Catch and release is the worst policy. I am sure it is for liability purposes. They don't know what bad things, from industrial waste to road runoff, are in those ponds. They don't want someone trying to sue them for getting sick by eating the fish.
You can mark me safe from the March 2023 snowmaggeden. Plenty of supplies for french toast was laid in.
Now I need to figure out what to do with it all before it goes bad.