I've wondered about Rock Bass in ponds myself, these are one of my Favorite river fish, I love how they fight! Find some rocks with a nice current, you hang something that takes off and fights like a 3 or 4 pond smallie or Lmb and pull out a 1.5 pound Rock bass instead lol. They get up to 2 pounds which Inst bad, If I ever manage to get the land and be able to place 2 ponds, one will have a lot of rock/pebble with Smallie and rock Bass as its predators.
I say try it but I'd put some rock and pebble or gravel on one side to promote spawning. They really like Currents so I'm not sure how ponds will affect them, maybe catch small ones, they may be able to adapt better.
