dude do you ever catch anything besides dinks!?  ;D

j/k man great fish, and i think i saw you on the north american fishing magazine cover, was that you? are you paul(i think it was paul)

Cliff

Mr. Hawg Caller I swear you keep catching the same fish  ;D  nice fish bro

actually that's entirely possible buddy, even likely.  i have had most of my success with the bigger bass i have caught on the same small lakes.  so it's not like these bass are coming out of a massive reservoir.  it is unlikely that these small bodies of water could sustain a very large population of big bass unless conditions were just perfect.  one of my buddies on the forum here had a post not too long ago about catching what he was pretty sure was the same lunker bass 2 times.  i know of several other similar situations like that too.  i said before and i'll say now that i'm pretty sure a lot of the big bass i've been fortunate enough to catch have been repeat customers given that i fish mostly small waters.  just goes to show the extremely high value of catch and release.  also goes to show the potential for great success that is within everyone's reach in the many ponds and other small waters that dot the landscape.  

either way, same bass or different, i'll definitely take her. ;D   i'm just a guy who loves to fish and i'm thankful for every bass i catch.  of course this one was released as all the other bigguns are, so i hope to catch her again.  maybe if i'm lucky, she'll be a teener when/if it happens.  

i think i saw you on the north american fishing magazine cover, was that you? are you paul(i think it was paul)

;D lol.  yeah, i am paul.  thank you cliff.  and thanks again everyone for your kind words.  it's great to be part of such a cool group of guys and gals.  

Another monster, and another great read... thanks!  

What a monster!!  Great Bass!!