This 18" Largemouth fell for a blue Rapala floating/diving minnow on June 6,
1998 at a State Park lake in Southern Illinois by Tom "Topwater" Hale of St. Louis, Missouri.
This is Andy with a 6lb. 4oz. Barkley Lake Largemouth. He first thought it was a snag!
Here is Joe Weber from Niskayuna New York with this 7lb. 3oz.
largemouth caught in a small lake in the Albany area. The fish was fooled at dusk
by a 1/4 oz. chartreuse buzzbait, and was immediately released.
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