I've been trapping some small BG in a minnow trap then dropping them in a small bucket of ice water to thermally shock them. Once they start to loose their equilibrium I toss them in a area the bass like to hang out. This way if they don't get eaten and recover from the temperature shock they don't have any permanent effects. As tame as my bass are I doubt many BG recover and live as the bass will follow me around the pond waiting for these handouts.
