I believe the record from Georgia,what would a man have to gain from lying about it in 1932.As far as the scales it was weighed on now thats another question..

Noticing a correlation between time of season and year...last major drought took place between 2010 to 2015. Might see some bigguns being plucked out of the water in the next couple of years. Full lakes, good spawns, more cover, more fish, just a thought

I agree with that thought as well.

I honestly was catching more and bigger fish during the drought,this year has been really off for me.

Years ago there was talk around Fork that SRA or TP&W was considering blocking off a couple of the major spawning coves for one season to help have a better and more productive spawn but couldn't get enough support from marinas and anglers. Might have helped the fishery and improve the chances of more DD being caught but we'll never know. I know the stockings haven't improved anything. Having fished both Rayburn and Toledo Bend I believe they are a better fishery than Fork at this stage and without a slot. JMO

Two opposite thoughts: I think the possibility of a fish that size is not unrealistic in Texas - most likely in the deep water scenarios mentioned already. Also, I know there are BIG fish in Toledo Bend & other lakes that have never seen a lure due to access. In the late 80's, my brother & I were fishing on T-Bend with guide Bill Fox. We bass fished in the AM & went striper fishing in the afternoon. Fox was well known at the time for big stripers as evidenced by his 37+ on the wall at Fox's Lodge. We were fishing in 35-40 feet with 3/4 oz bucktail jigs with a huge pearl trailer. I had just caught an 18+ & was re-tieing when my brother hooked up, but this time it didn't stay deep like the stripers. My brother was reeling as fast as he could with the old Ambassadors we had, but didn't catch up before the biggest bass any of the three of us had ever seen tried to tail walk, but just thrashed on top until she spit the jig. Fox said that that bass was heavier that the big striper I just landed (his opinion of course) & bigger than any he had ever seen on Toledo Bend in all of his guiding years. We were all stunned & just sat there in disbelief. Fox, bragging about his recent sobriety, started drinking again that night lol! All he could talk about for the next 3 days was what that fish would have done for him & Fox's Lodge. Again, this was in 35-40 feet on the river channel - not where a lot of bass fishing happens.

On the other side, it's been 9 years since the record in Japan & longer than that even with the some of the 20+ Cali trout feds.

I, like the rest of you, would love to see it happen in Texas.

I honestly believe that if more people fished at night regardless of season,the state record would have already been broken.

Skeeter, night time is good for 2 things and fishin' ain't one of them. Tried it once and made it until 10pm. Can't see [censored] to cast at, if you have a light on the bugs eat you up and those hidden stumps make it hard to keep your balance while your on the trolling motor. Nope, I'm strictly a day time fisherman.

You stole my (Jimmy's) line!

Lol night time is the best time.

After reading all this great info, Im waitn for the coldest day in January, I'm gettn a 12" swim bait and sittin out on in the river channel and waitn'em out! Who's in?

You're on your own bro.....

You'd have better luck catching a Sasquatch.

Why am I suddenly getting the urge to go buy big swimbaits...

Ha, ha. As long as you do it at night and set your hydrowave to the trout truck setting.