Omaha, can I just say your entire face looks small behind that HOG of a fish!!!! ZOINKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to you and TJ, both!

Here's an HSB from my neighborhood retention pond coming it at 14". It was 9-10" at stocking time back in April:



Here's my first ever caught Channel Catfish at 12" plus, stocked at a thin 8-9" back in April:



AND, here's a smallmouth at about 13", thanks to a fine Tennessee Gentleman & Scholar!:


Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."