Last week I went to Shelbyville for two weeks on a rented house boat from Lithia Springs Marina. Had a great time but only one SM bass caught over two weeks, seems like in the last 3 years of 8 bass fishing has been poor.  Not one crappy, striper, LM caught I tried everything in my arsenal but nothing but Carp, turtles, and blue cats.

 

Get an idea of size I am 6'6" and 205lbs

 

My largest cat to date.

31.5" and 35lbs.

Congrats! Good looking cat. Your friend in the second pic looks like he is taking a pic and peeing at the same time. lol. 

Haha. I said the same to him when I saw the pic. He was holding the net and leaning back to get both the fish and I in his camera. 

Nice fish!