Not trying to hijack your post here Elwood...but since I can't initiate a new post string I thought I would put up a bit of news here especially since it is about smallmouth:

It was announced on Monday that the IGFA has reversed its decision about the world record Smallmouth (11lb 15oz) that was caught by David Hayes of Litchfield, Ky in 1955 out of Dale Hollow on the Ky side. They have reinstated this fish as the world record.

It is about time they did this....the record should never have been taken away from David in the first place.

I have not seen any reaction yet from KDFW since they also went along with the IGFA when they disqualified the fish a few years ago but I would hope that the KDFW will also reinstate this fish as the Ky record smallmouth since it was taken in Ky waters.

The down side to this is that now instead of looking for that new 9lb state record I am going to have to look for a 12lber....heck it has taken me all my life before I had one on this summer that I was sure would make 9lbs before she gave me back my mangled spinnerbait...gonna be a while yet I suspect.