Congratulations to the angler for a fish of a lifetime. Wall Hanger for sure.

Guess I’m gonna piss everybody off I catch a 14 lb fish she’s going on my wall.
JD

Congratulations to the angler .

so far the fish have not died and TP&W will release them back into the lake. TP&W fish management is the best in the world but they are not perfect and some fish die. Most people in other states would love to have TP&W manage their fisheries..You have a chance to catch a 10 plus pound bass on any lake in Texas and that most lakes you could probably catch a 13 plus.. NOT to many states can say that. Look at Marine Creek and the big bass caught out of it and I would say the breeding of big bass and the release of the offsprings works..

You do know of these things called replicas right?

Not yet but they are working on it now. I'll bet they are second or third generation fish tho.

The Seven fish from OH Ivie that have been turned into the SAL program most likely would NOT have been caught if it weren't for the guys from Milliken & Josh Jones catching suspended fish (and showing others how) in 70-100' of water using Live Scope technology.

Hate all you want but those are fish that would have not been caught. My money says if Milliken & Zark hadn't made the call to Jones you might have seen one or two from Ivie by now.

Respect!

Bet those other west Texas lakes are pumping out 15’s

Plus #1. I know a replication artist who does very good work!
I have several replicas and they very much resemble the fish I caught.

doesn't TP&W give you a replica for free if you donate it?

do you know about what depth they were being caught in? I heard the same of the depth....but that the actual fish were "shallow" and that really blew my mind. When I heard that it did really sound like you had to scope them to even have a chance at them.

15-20 feet most of them. I spoke directly to my 2 buds that fished with Jones at Ivie. The shallowest water they fished was 27 feet for two days

Marine creek needs to be stocked with food for the bass more than anything else.

Yeah but nothing is as "like your fish" as your fish. A beautiful skin mount is a work of art. I dont hate on anyone who wants to mount their trophy.

I wish Fayette would be able to produce one. Most of the times I have fished it this year and the last couple, it has turned into a dink fest. Im on that lake about 40 to 50 days a year. You can catch numbers but the slot fish 16 to 24 inch have really declined in my opinion. A couple of the guides quit going to Bastrop because the size was not there like it use to be. It looks like Fayette might be heading in the same direction. I remember and it was not that long ago the 16 to 20 inch fish was always the norm. Oh well, still a fun lake to fish and I still enjoy catching 12 inch fish.

They haven't or they just not saying?