Check this out. This is the same fish I caught in September. When I got her then she weighed 12lbs 2oz. THIS IS WHY CATCH AND RELEASE IS SO IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats on the hog and thanks for taking the time to post the pics. And thanks even more for releasing her again. Tell me that isn't the best feeling you ever had when you watched that big old bass swim away. Maybe next year she'll be 16lbs :)

http://www.calfishing.com/images/rob/rancho_comparison.jpg

P.S. - Pretty funny that my exact quote in my fishing report that night was, "I held her up and thought for sure the fish was at least 14lbs." I guess she is now!