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Drew Hayden was using a plastic worm during a late-June fishing trip to a Bedford County pond when this bass hit. Look at the size of the head on this thing! The bass was 21 1/2 inches long and weighed 4.5 pounds.
Drew is 14 and lives in Vinton.
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While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.
Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.
After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.
Congrats Drew,that’s a nice fish. Iv’e been fishing a small Franklin County pond and been cathing a few fish but none that big! Keep up the good work!!
Drew! That fish is HUGE! So awesome…you’re famous!!!
Looks bigger than anything your daddy ever caught! Phil Unger