Originally Posted by Bill Cody
Theo has a good point. The disease or parasites on fish are not always external, just as often they occur internally and not readily visible. If those fish appear healthy & plump you could give it a try. Best success is if those BG are already eating pellets. If not they may struggle to maintain good body weight when introduced into a pond that is at carrying capacity unless you remove some existing fish to make natural foods available for new adult BG.

Bill, seems likely the BG are on pellets. Not many places in Midwest where they commonly reach 1 lb plus without extra nutrition. At least, in 25 years of Ohio fishing, my largest unfed BG ever was 10.5 inches, 0.9 lbs. Now I've got lots exceeding 11 inches and 1.2 lb.

7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160