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[Guest avid]

Dude,

I hear you trying to defend your list But the how much more "documented" can you get than a bass being recognized by the state of Florida as the official state record?They screwed up.

[cart7t]

Castaic fell off the map because of striped bass not because of cross bredding. Keeping stripers out is the key.

I'm merely relaying what the BM article said way back in the early 90's. They were speculating if the record would fall, when and why.  Apparently, bass larger than the WR had already been netted. (dead floaters)

[The_Natural]

I'll probably get a barrage of crap for this, but doesn't mike long fish out of that special small 'membership only' lake? Seems kind of like shooting a trophy buck on one of those pay-to-hunt trophy buck farms. Just doesn't seem as challenging or rare of a catch when that is considered.

[Captain Cali]

I'll probably get a barrage of crap for this, but doesn't mike long fish out of that special small 'membership only' lake?  Seems kind of like shooting a trophy buck on one of those pay-to-hunt trophy buck farms.  Just doesn't seem as challenging or rare of a catch when that is considered.  

He might fish private lakes but most of those fish came from public lakes. Cuyamaca, Dixon, Hodges, Murray & Sutherland are all public. The only one I'm not sure of is Mission Viejo. That sounds like a private lake. Matt probably knows. Even then I only counted 2 on the list that came from Mission Viejo.

You can look at it anyway you want. The guy is a beast when it comes to catching hawgs!! His son tears is up also.

[Mattlures]

Only one of those is private. All the rest are posibly the most presured lakes in the country. The one "private" lake Mike fishes is Mission Viejo. He Is not a member. he only gets to go there as a guest. But just so you know that one "private lake " gets a ton of pressure. There are several guides and many members who beat it to death. This is not your typical "private" lake. But Mike also ownes most of the lake records from the public So Cal lakes. ALL records were caught on open days right there with the hundreds of other guys on the water. There is no shooting fish in a barrel, or bucks!