The Replica Belonged to me. It was given to me about 3 years ago by AmericanFishTaxidermy.com in exchange for ads on FGHP.com.. As I said at the Presentation.
The fish was a replica of a fish I caught on Dale Hollow, but when Danny had to release his Biggest Smallmouth Ever, and considering it was VERY close to the color and size of my fish, I decided to give him the Replica. I can always get another. We could not do that for Danny since the fish was only photographed and was not measured.
If you have any questions I still have the small plaque that was attached to the fish with my name on it.
It was simply a gesture on my part which in retrospect I should have considered more carefully knowing the mentality of some people to find a conspiract with any such coincidence. Still I would have given Danny that Replica. It was so close in color and size I do not believe he could have gotten one anywhere else any better, and I wanted him to have something tangible OTHER than the check to remember the tournament by.
Jim Dicken
PS.. you will find AmericanFishTaxidermy.com all over FGHP.com on my State Links Pages and on many of the state pages, as well as on an article I wrote for Fishin.com. I felt they deserved some recognition so that is another reason I gave him the Replica.