Thanks! Ive caught quite a few 15s 16s and even a 17 one time, but this was a nice healthy looking fish, thick, my cousin that was with me had a fit, he hadn't ever seen a BC that big.
PW, you are probably right about them big bass hurting your BC populations but in the past I haven't noticed that problem too much, the BC hang out further out in deeper water so they dont seem to be decimated too bad by the LMB, I have seen some trophys of each species coming out of the same not real big BOW. Them big, high single weight class of LMB are a lot of fun to catch, but the older I get the better I love my 12 13" mess of BC to catch and eat, damn they are good eating! I can only imagine how much fun a double digit LMB would be, Ive never hooked anything over 8 lbs.
All the really good ideas I've ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.
