Anglers mourn death of Dottie the largemouth bass

At Dixon Lake near Escondido California, Jed Dickerson picked up Dottie for the third time. This time she weighed in at 19 pounds and the life she'd lived was behind her. An era was over. Dickerson had been hoping to break the official world record for a largemouth bass, a record set by George Washington Perry in 1932 with a fish that weighed in at 22 pounds, 4 ounces. Now that Dottie was gone Dickerson's dream of breaking the record was dashed. Dickerson first caught Dottie in 2003 and unofficially weighed her at 23 pounds... Here's the full story from ESPN. Set as favorite Bookmark Email This Hits: 434 Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Email Comment smaller | bigger I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage. Write the displayed characters Add Comment

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