Yup!!!

In my post above I forgot to mention that Dr. JL ONLY landed TWO over 14 from CB this year so far!!!

Sorry Doc!

I'll just stick my pole in the water to see how deep it is....

It does show how hard it is to produce even a 15-16lber. That's what I mean by the exponential increase in rareness of fish as they get bigger. I feel blessed to have fished Bell and learn from Mike Frazier. I'm excited about the future there and on Wolfpack. I have fished Bell in a number of unorthodox ways that target only the biggest fish even in that lake with some success and many failures as well!! Or at least I think I'm targeting them/ who knows I may be screwing it up- lol!!

Now that we have that straight.-lol!

That lake was off the hook this year.
Ken and friends had a 5 fish 58lb day (those pics are kinda sickening),then Justin Furnace had a 60lb day including that 15.5- he can tell you but the lake just opened up for him that day.
Other guys got pbs, and the gentleman (forgot name sorry) got that 16 for the lake record.
Frazier knows what he is doing and that man is FOCUSED and DEDICATED to reaching lofty goals.

Few things tougher than using electronics on Bell. It's like giving a kid an hour in a candy store and telling him to search for a specific piece of candy for half of that. Very tough not to start casting knowing the next cast could be the one. Godspeed Ken. I made it about 10 minutes one time of continuous graphing before I gave in.

Our five went 56.5 Doc but I think Justin's best five went close to 70.

Besides his 15.5 he had two 12's and I think 8-10 more over Ten Pounds in between dodging lightning bolts and torrential rain that day. That day may never be duplicated on CB1.

Yeah that's true Ken, what a day. I think that Justin might get the lake or State record. He's young and hard core and a really good big bass fisherman.

I think that special breeding and stocking is what is keeping the chances for a truly big bass from being a reality. I think that the DNA in lakes is starting to get diluted with aggressive feeding bass that physically cannot reach the 17,18,and up size.

A really big....giant.....bass is a freak of nature, and the natural freaks are getting washed out through years of special breeding and stocking/diluting.

The odds of a natural, freak, over eating bass is less each year with cookie cutter 13-15lb max genetically manipulated bass eating everything in sight.

Just because two 7' people have a kid doesn't mean the kid will be 7' or taller. Just because you breed the genetics wont guarantee it will happen. Those 16 & 17lb fish in CB will probably top out over 20 but they wont sustain it year round. The window to get one will be small I think but will be done with these specialty lakes like Bell at some point. Then again.

If anything, this has been a great thread to read! Lots of good thoughts on here.

I know for a while they were stocking Comanche trail lake in big spring with trout. I've seen some giants come out of there that were very fat. I've heard one has come out of there that was close to 16. Biggest I've personally seen was 12. This is a fun topic to read about.

Nope, not going to happen. Fork had the best chance for a 20 lb. bass back during its prime.

Agreed. Even at CB I think it will only be a VERY few super agressivie fish that have a shot at making 20 pounds. I don't think a 20 pound bass is as common as a 7' tall man. Eight foot tall man maybe.

Texas doesn't need to be mentioned when talking large bass, they can't hold a torch to California.