Wow! Thanks for tracking this down. I'd actually forgotten about writing this. It was 21 years ago so I've slept a time or two since then. Chattanoogan.com has maintained excellent archives. Lots of the stuff I've written for websites have long been lost when the websites folded and/or archives got purged. Of course, I've still got my personal archives dating back to the 1980's on computer.
was a picture of that fish ever found. the lawrenceburg newspaper supposedly took a pic and wrote an article on it.
I'd have to self-publish a book with all that record!
So, maybe this is a tongue-in-cheek post? But if not, see: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/rsimms
Google CAN be your friend, but don't bet your life on it. nor GPS either...
its possible. theres been quite a few 12's and 13's caught out of there.
it was 28". an average length to weight for prespawn females for that length is about 14.5, but the girth and thickness on that fish is above average.
those are averages for average fish.
yeah there were a couple of kids that were keeping a lot of fish out of there and beech lake to stock their ponds. add that to folks that like to eat bass that fish there.
