Nope, I keep them out of the water long enough to take a quick photo and getting the hook out. Forage is plentiful. Pond is fed by two drainage pipes from a creek. The bass like to wait at both and snatch the bait fish as they come out. BG is plentiful across the pond and I can fill up a minnow trap up with them rather quickly.
I don't see a problem with the quality of the fish I catch.
This is the biggest bass I ever caught from it. My estimate is about 7-8lbs. It was 8 years ago.
