June 22, 2006Are you kidding me?After six days out of the office I've spent a good part of the last day wading through a backlog of e-mails. One came from someone criticizing me for a column I did back when Leah Trew put forth that claim in 2003 to have caught and released a world record largemouth bass in California's Spring Lake. In short, she said it was weighed on a certified scale, in front of a witness, and then released. Her son Javad took one picture before the camera conveniently ran out of film. In the picture Leah Trew held the bass in front of her at arm's length, which we all know is the oldest trick in the book to make a fish appear larger. The Trews said they released the fish because they didn't realize it was a record. Which is amazing because Javad Trew, who no doubt has caught some big bass in his day, was a regular poster to world record bass.com and had applied for line class records with the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame. Despite the aforementioned Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame approving the catch as a 12-pound line class world record, the claim was so weak I can't believe anyone other than the Trews would still be trying to push it. Which makes me wonder if I know who sent that e-mail... |
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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. .....Advertisement.....
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