Guys come on lay off Jeff's son!!! I know Jeff and he isn't going to put his son in any danger! Yes the fish is real they are waiting on the official stuff from parks and wildlife! Be happy for Warren having a possible lake recorded! Congrats to Warren!

Someone said it perfectly in this thread, it amazes me how jealous grown [censored] men can be, all of you that criticized are definitely what is wrong with this world and it is pathetic. I have know both of these guys all of our lives and they are both good honest guys on top of being absolute beast at the craft of bass fishing. Since Jeff does fish professionally for a living I think its very credible to believe he wouldn't put his profession on the line by being a part of anything illegal/unsafe with his own son nor "staging" a fish with his brother. The absolute ignorance of some of the comments is over-whelming.

I have an idea, how about we congratulate this guy on a MONSTER of a fish, caught from a lake that isn't known for producing fish like that, which will no doubt be certified as the new lake record. Most anglers could only dream of catching a fish like that.

Someone said it perfectly in this thread, it amazes me how jealous grown [censored] men can be, all of you that criticized are definitely what is wrong with this world and it is pathetic. I have know both of these guys all of our lives and they are both good honest guys on top of being absolute beast at the craft of bass fishing. Since Jeff does fish professionally for a living I think its very credible to believe he wouldn't put his profession on the line by being a part of anything illegal/unsafe with his own son nor "staging" a fish with his brother. The absolute ignorance of some of the comments is over-whelming.

I have an idea, how about we congratulate this guy on a MONSTER of a fish, caught from a lake that isn't known for producing fish like that, which will no doubt be certified as the new lake record. Most anglers could only dream of catching a fish like that.

Here's the deal. Most of us don't know this person from Adam and yes, people post [censored] on the internet all the time just to get a reaction. So it's not unusual that people would question the pic. Don't get so wrapped up on it. Now that there are several that vouch for the original pic than that adds credibility to it so I'm sure it's real. But I don't believe stuff just because someone posts it on the internet. You get 2 or 3 others to vouch for them, than it becomes credible. That's the way life works.

Look on the kid's face is priceless.

Awesome fish!