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Morone mississippiensis that was a real monster.
A monster fish. Mr. Bloom caught the outsized yellow bass in 2012 on the Wolf River near Lake Winneconne in Wisconsin. Measuring 15 inches long and weighing 2.27 pounds, it broke a 40-year-old Wisconsin weight record for a yellow bass caught with a hook and line.
Though small enough to hold in his hands, it was a leviathan compared to a typical yellow bass.
In an article in the Wisconsin State Journal, outdoor reporter Patrick Durkin said Mr. Bloom’s fish “might be as rare and impressive as any muskie, bear or buck mounted above a Wisconsin bar.”
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