Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Moving channel catfish

I have two 1/4 acre ponds about 75 feet apart. One pond has about 20 CC, plus (I think) a good number of small offspring. The other pond only has a few CC. Would there be any harm to the CC in moving a few of the mature ones from the pond with many to the pond with few?

I was able to (with a landing net) capture and transfer about a six pound CC from one pond to the other. Did this on Thursday evening. Yesterday and today, the feed response in that pond has been poor, after being excellent Thursday, and every feeding day before that. I think I spooked the other channel catfishes in that pond.

The big CC I transplanted to the other pond aggressively came to food this evening.