? record smallie at Cumberland

[jonasseed]

This has to be a hoax for I was at work all day long and no where near Cumberland. Besides, I have it on good authority that the first 12 pound Smallie that will EVER be landed will be landed by none other than..............ME. The fishing gods told me this based on all that I have been thru and my LOVE for the Brownfish. I plan on catching this big girl the first weekend of March 2009 somewhere in Mid Lake at Dale Hollow on a Duck Feather Red and Chartreuse FNF jig, 10 foot All Pro rod, with Fireline mainline, Spro 3 way swivel and XPS leader. Steve Headrick, Bass Pro, All Pro, Spro, Berkley, Tracker and Mercury are all lined up with contract in hand for my endorsement deals. I guess this 12 pound fish is worth a few 7 figures to the left of the decimal point. The best part is when I give her that big old kiss, tongue and all and set her free to swim back to the depths of the Holler again (after getting her officially weighed and measured of course).

Um........ok????

[buzzking]

I think that same fish was caught about this time last year...wait no, couldn't have been the same fish, that guy took it home and ate it and skipped on the official weigh station.

[WacoWildcat]

Probably a hoax but you never know. If I was making a list of lakes to possibly catch a world record smallie cumberland would have to be on it. There has been a lot of smallies 7-8lb+ range caught by the striper guides and a few by bass fisherman. If one of those 8+lber's was full of shad and eggs then you've got a double digit fish. Cumberland doesn't have any smallies in the top 25 though.

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/b...p25_smallmouth