I finally caught one of the big bass myself. \:\) It was 14 3/4 inches long and 1 3/4 lbs. My hubby wanted to take my pic with it, but I didn't want to touch it--yes I don't touch fish. He had to land it and take it off. I'm sure it isn't the biggest in my 2 year old pond but definitely came a long way. I continue to feed twice a day with the automatic feeder. As much as I hate to say, I had to get over the taking care of the fish, to be able to eat them--we had a fish fry yesterday and the fish were good.