January 22, 2009
Athens, Texas — Brad Bookmyer of Leander had his fishing trip
cut short January 21, but he was happy about it. After hooking two
fish so big he could not turn them and keep them from getting off
the hook, he landed a 15.45-pound largemouth bass that was 22 inches
in girth and 26.25 inches long.
The fish is the seventh ShareLunker to come from Choke Canyon and
weighs nearly a pound more than the previous lake record, a
14.66-pounder caught in 1991. (Continued Below)
Bookmyer was fishing in 10 feet of 53-degree water when the fish
took a crankbait. "I immediately quit fishing to get the fish into
the minnow tank at the Calliham Store as soon as possible," Bookmyer
said.
The fish is the third to be entered into the ShareLunker program
during the current season, which runs through April 30. Anyone
legally catching a largemouth bass in Texas waters, public or
private, weighing 13 pounds or more can enter the fish into the
program by calling program manager David Campbell at (903) 681-0550
or by paging him at (888) 784-0600 and leaving an area code and
phone number.
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