I was told by the fish farmer, down in Pearsall, that the fingerling bass I was buying had to be feed trained in order to show on testing they were not stolen from public waters. I put four fingerlings in a thousand gallon koi pond...they cleaned out the gambusia as they grew...and they ate pellets. They now take 3/4" bass throw pellets...they're gone when they hit the water. But now, after reading all the above, it seems I much catch small bluegills from the big pond to throw in the koi pond to get these bass re-conditioned before I move them.
