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Yes, apparently that is all going down on Monday. I am supposed to get a call to go up there for when they unwrap her. i would imagine they will publicly release that info. km

Oh man, the magic of Dixon has lost something special this week. It will be a long time before the fishing gods present another opportunity like this one. I am just happy to be a part of it and to have had my chance. After 5 seasons, I had my chance on March 19th, 2006 (the day before she was brought to the surface). At around one o'clock on that day, I actually showed Mac and Jed where the fish was in return to use their cell phone to call my wife to tell her I wasn't coming home anytime soon. Unfortunately I wasn't able to clost the deal that day and I wasn't able return the next day. Then I got the news the next day that they snagged her and it was 25 pounds! You want to talk about nightmares and could-of, should-of, would-of syndom. The horror, the horror. Every drive up to the lake the last 8 seasons has always been met with the recognition that perhaps this could be the day. the day the world record gets broken! That is probably the coolest and most inspirational feelings for me as I fisherman, I WILL miss that feeling. It is the reason I fished Dixon, religiously, all the time. It has been a great hunt and I will miss the tireless hours and competivenese of this once in a lifetime experience. It is a memory that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. And to think, I was just at the lake yesterday and went over the spot where she floated up twice! I apparently was just a hour early. So goes the chase and the obsession. It ends with the greatest largemouth showing her massive size size off one more time for all of to gaze upon! Thank you Lake Dixon for providing so many of us with chance at the dream! Kyle Malmstrom.