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Birthday Fish Story: Douglasville Angler Catches Monster Bass
The 17-pound, 9.6-ounce largemouth bass is reportedly the 4th largest bass caught all-time in Georgia
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A Douglasville man had a birthday fishing trip to remember.
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Keith Watkins, 51, was fishing with a friend on March 30 on a Coweta County lake when he caught a 17-pound, 9.6-ounce largemouth bass.
Georgia Outdoor News reported the catch is the fourth largest bass ever caught in the Peach State, and the largest since 1987.
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It took Watkins 20 minutes to boat the monster fish.
“This fish fought so hard. She went under the boat five times. It was almost a dead miracle that I got her in,” he told GON.
Bass fishermen will be interested to know the fish was caught on a green-pumpkin Zoom Trick Worm rigged on a 3/8-ounce Gambler Giggy Head.He used 12-pound test line.
(Photo: GON Facebook)
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