I overlooked that 20.5, congrats! That's a horse from an Ozark creek. They don't grow much longer down there. I've heard of 23" fish, but that is rare as hen's teeth.

Did you think that big bucket mouth was your 4lb smallie? I caught one that went 2 1/4 Tuesday throwing a kvd 1.5 in natural bream. Had a giant show herself on it and I'm going back to find her tomorrow, I'm not sure is she'll get over 4 but she'll get close.

I was definitely hoping it was a smallmouth. I'll take a nice largemouth out of the creek any day though.

I overlooked that 20.5, congrats! That's a horse from an Ozark creek. They don't grow much longer down there. I've heard of 23" fish, but that is rare as hen's teeth.

That second one in the picture doesn't look it, but it was 20.5. I hate how skinny fish are so much less photogenic. The smallie in the picture above it actually looks bigger, but in reality it was probably around 2 lbs.