Tiger bass will get hook shy as well. Now if a pond is never fished, an 8 pound bass will be no more hook shy than a 1 pound bass. Growing up, my friend's dad bought a property with a 4 acre pond on it. The pond was about 15 years old and had never been fished when purchased. The previous owners built it for aesthetics, stocked it but never had any interest in fishing it and apparently never allowed anyone else to fish it. The first couple years of fishing it were insane. Every bass, from the largest 12 pounder to the oodles of 1 pound stunted bass were as dumb as bricks. Within a couple years, the fish got smart.
