They are tough to keep alive. They will die in the live well. Seems like they do better on a stringer. The gasconade is only 6 miles from my house and Big Piney 12. I will grab a few next week and throw them in pond. My concerns are they might not like the pond environment. I usually catch them in flowing water on rivers. Im guessing they will be floating quick in my small 1/4 acre pond. Pics to come next week if the river don't flood. Rain in forecast everyday through next Friday.
While we do catch them more frequently in moving water, I regularly catch them in rather turbid water in a city lake. Very shallow, no flow. Other than drum, only one bass has been caught from this area. I've transported in unaerated buckets and kept them in aquariums with no problems.
I think what this is telling us is we don't know enough about them.
