My wife was going through some old pictures last week that belonged to my Mother N Law. Low and behold there it was, the first Florida transplant that started the hunt for monster bass in Texas.

At the time my generation had never seen a bass like this, except in Florida, and Georgia.. I remember I was at work when the word hit the street, everyone who was any kind of bass fisherman was all over Monti..
We lived on Lake Winnsboro, so it was a short trip to the Tri-Lakes area.. Man, Jimmy's fish got everyone all excited, and we still are to this day...

He was my wifes uncle, mothers-brother, I had the pleasure of meeting him and getting to know him as a family member, what a super guy he was too..
I hope you enjoy seeing a bit history in this old newspaper clipping, they had no idea what was about to happen..

Jimmy passed away a few yrs back, he is missed.
To backup his catch, he also had a couple of 12's, I got to hold all the mounts.
Sure wish I had them for my collection..

Your not thinking of the guy on Welsh are ya, Bob Smith knows him very well if he's the guy.. I can't remember, it'll come to me.
You know someone on here will recall who it was.. I wonder how many people remember when it went down with Jimmy's fish.. I was 21 at the time, and a absolute fishing NUT.... It's caused 2-divorce's, for real...

Good memories there, I started fishing Monticello in 1977, first time in a tube, in the summer, man you talk about hot.
First fish I caught was a 6 pounder in that tube. Was glad to move up to a boat the next year.
Before Kimball's catch the first big Monticello news story was a 10lb bass caught by Star-Telegram writer Bob Hood.
I wish I had copies of Bob's fishing reports, he was really good at telling a story about a hunting or fishing trip.
Fished many winter days and nights in the 80's and 90's at Monticello with others already mentioned and Jerry Dean.
Thanks for sharing.

Awesome Post! Thanks for sharing.