From well-known outdoor writer Tom Stienstra in the San Francisco Chronicle today, presented without comment:
Tall tale about giant bass
Word came from Pleasanton last week that a 13-year-old boy had landed a record 18-pound, 9-ounce largemouth bass at Shadow Cliffs Lake. It seemed too good to believe. Unfortunately, it was.
At Shadow Cliffs, park rangers say several people saw the boy wade into the lake and scoop up a large dead fish. Park officials said they do not acknowledge the fish as a record.
When the story first emerged, the boy said he caught the fish with a lure, that the giant bass did not fight much, and he gave it to a friend to eat. A photo of the fish I was provided showed that its eyes had turned white and its body had a layer of slime, similar to that of a fish that has been dead for some time.
This is yet more proof that, while all people are born honest, by the time they go fishing they usually get over it.
February 16, 2012 at 1:28 pm
I don’t know why I had some doubts about this. If it’s too good to be true…it usually is.
February 17, 2012 at 10:58 am
Sort of like thinking you’ve hooked the biggest trout in that run you’ve been pulling 12 inchers out of, only to find it was foul hooked…
February 16, 2012 at 6:10 pm
I agree with Howard.
Mark