Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Can you overstock forage?

Lack of plumpness to me based on your story in prespawn bass is a sign more of lack of food than from moving adults. Depending on how many bass were moved will determine how much forage is needed for maintaining basic standard weight bass and not 'tubby' bass. Adult BG also need normal amounts of foods both ample naturals &/or pelleted. Re-working a pond destroys the established natural food chain / web that can take months or years to recolonize. Adding adult fish back into a newish renovated pond puts them into almost desert-food like conditions considering how much diversity of natural foods are present in a 1-2 yr pond. IMO from your description your restokced adult fish are probably experiencing food famine due to low natural large foods biodiversity of a new pond. That is why the general policy of stocking a new pond begins with fingerling fish who thrive on the type of foods produced in conditions of a relatively new pond habitat.