I've seen these before. When I was a kid, I saw 3-4 from a bridge at an oxbow lake in Louisiana. They are frickin' amazing. These were about 5 feet long. I think it would be SO COOL to catch a prehistoric giant (but NOT pull it into my boat!). Also, these are in all the famous southern lakes like Toledo Bend, Okochobee (spelling?), and pretty much any lake from south Texas to Florida. It doesn't seem to have hurt their bass population much.