Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Transferring bass

Hey y’all I’m considering moving a couple bass from a nearby friends ranch to my 1.25 acre pond. My pond is only a year old and has a huge supply of forage. We also only have the original stocker bass so we don’t have an overcrowding problem yet. Reason I’m considering moving them is just for the heck of it as it would be cool to see one of his fish in my pond and because my bass numbers seem low. Wouldn take a giant obviously but was thinking like a 1-3 pounder. Biggest concern is bacteria and stuff the new fish could bring. Thoughts?

I second (third?) Sunil and Theo.

If the neighbor NEEDS to cull bass from his pond, then even if only a few bass thrive in your pond it should still be a big benefit.

You will have a few "bonus" large bass to catch in the pond in a few years, and the large bass will eat into a couple of the size classes of the abundant smaller bass. That should result in your pond having a much wider distribution of bass in each size class, which should make it a much healthier bass fishery.