Got a LMB, and did that huge "outdoor" tank

I was at a friend of my mom's house when I caught this guy. They had a koi pond but complained that they never saw any koi babies in it. I asked if any herons, raccoons, foxes, etc; were seen at the pond. She said no and I thought, "Yeah, it must be a painted turtle or something else." As I don't have any nets big enough, I figured I'd catch the koi killer(s) on hook and line. I baited my hook with a dead shiner as she distracted the big carp with their favorite thing on Earth: bread. After about six minutes, my bobber goes SHUNK! I hooked the unknown creature, fervently hoping it wasn't a koi. I pulled it in as it shot spray up and everywhere, masking it from my view. I was surprised to see a 7-inch bass, angry and flipping around madly. I showed it to them, they said the owner previously of the house might have put bass in thier pond. I don't know, but I kept the little bugger and put him in this reformatted horse trough/pool. I still got to put some sort of plants in there, but anyways, what do some bass you guys own like to eat? He hasn't had anything for half a week. Are goldfish good? Thanks.(No pics yet due to thes LMB's scaredeness)

I put in 2 yellow bullheads in the pool with him today, and I'm getting food for for the bass tommorrow. What sort of fish do I use for food? Will it care? I dropped a dragonfly larva in there and he pounced on it and gulped it. He/she is SUPER scared of me, but I guess it is understandable. The bullheads are cool to watch, they are like mini great white sharks when it comes to food l I chopped up a chicken breast and watched them eat until they looked like little whiskered balloons. Then the smaller one (It is about 5 in. The other is almost 8in.) started chasing some water striders on the surface and actually CAUGHT one . One never thinks about these little guys as nothing more than scavengers. Next post will be photos, I promise.

by water strider you mean those multi legged buggers that are skimming the top of the water ?

The bass is small enough, it will probably learn to take large pelleted foods as will the catfish. You can also feed night crawlers, any sort of small baitfish/minnow, crayfish, etc. Whatever you do mix it up over the course of the week/month.

I've not seen an LMB that could refuse live crawdads or bullfrog tadpoles for long.

fathead minnows

He's eaten all the following in his time with me:

1. A wasp.

2. A dragonfly larva.

3. 5 huge earthworms.

4. A rusty crawdad.

5. A 2 inch pumpkinseed my youngest brother caught and put in there, he underestimated the bass's appetite for smaller sunfish .

Sorry no photos, but my camera is with my older brother in his truck. Funny thing about feeding him the worms. He saw the first one I dangled and swimmed forth eagerly, begging like a dog for scraps. I dropped and he went at it but stopped and started circling the worm. I think he remebered the last time he tangled with a earthworm, he got hooked (Read topic post). He cautiosly and slowly inched forward and nipped the worm, then backed up as if expecting the earthworm to strike forth like a rattlesnake, then he nabbed it and swallowed. The next ones he just gobbled. The big bullhead came over and tryed to steal the 4th worm, big mistake! The bass flared his gills and chased him away. He isn't going to be outcompeted for food. He is also eagerly coming towards vibrations around the tank, thinking his next meal is coming! It's really cool to have a fish that interacts with you, and learns to do it faster than any old oscar.