Ya i caught him within the first 5 minutes. Kinda ruined my fishing time cuz i couldnt leave them in the bucket while i fished for another hour lol. Also the 125gal isnt for life, my friend has a very large pond(not sure of the size) stocked with blue gill, smb, lmb, walleye n some cats. That will be there new home when they become too large. If i end up getting more smb they will probably be smaller so i can keep them longer.