If his numbers are accurate, which he’s given us reason to believe they aren’t.
But if they were, his numbers are well above and beyond anyone else’s, nobody else has caught that many big fish.
There are a half dozen guys out of CA that have far more impressive numbers... Including fish over 15lbs. Most of those fish were caught on much smaller lakes though.
What makes Josh special in my opinion is he's done it in Texas, and he's done it quickly. Plus, the smallmouth over 9lbs. I'd be willing to bet he's the only guy in the world with a largemouth over 15lbs and a smallmouth over 9lbs.
I'd say that smallmouth is roughly equivalent in rarity to a 18lb class largemouth.
He's also landed musky in the mid 50-inch range.