noone is doubting there is a 4 lber in there or maybe more than 1, but there is probably 4 lbers in alot of lakes, what people were making horse puckey comments about is that it was common. no where is it common to catch 4 lbers and i repeat no where...

but people tend to fall into disbeleif also bout people and clear lake records anyway especially since that 25 lb bass them dudes didnt weigh in for a record.. and no i dont trust a digital rapalla scale.

and i know your arguement will be that they didnt want to kill the fish, but the way you californians talk bout clear lake there is plenty of 20 lb bass so sorry for a fish that would been worth a milliion dollars or more in endorsements, no way in hell a sane person would have let it got unless that weight wasnt legit, and yes there would have been ton of money for them guys even if it wasnt verified correctly by being hooked outside the mouth.

dont get me wrong there is great fish there, awesome fish, but it isnt the garden of eden