Yawn.

I guess this settles it. That was the response I figured I would get for questioning the self proclaimed "Best Fisherman in CT". Thanks for the tips listed earlier for catching big bass. I bet you could also give some great tips about telling fish stories. Seems as if you've been evasive when it comes to questions about pictures or the validity of your catch. Surely a great fisherman like yourself would want to commemorate a catch as significant as breaking into double digits with a photo. I post this message on the site in the spirit of sharing and I ask you to share more information with us all. Help us learn from your wonderous techniques. And please, answer the questions posed to you earlier. In case you don't remember: was it one fish or was it many?
I'm sure this topic is of great interest to the whole site, you may be the only hope for those of us that wish to catch a 10 lb er in CT. Share with us o wise one.

Rhetorical question: if you lost them then how did you know they were 10 pounders? :rolleyes:

Reality is, a 12 lb bass is way too old to live in CT. I mean, think about how old they are at 6 lbs. It's highly unlikely we will see one, and if we do, it will be an illegal catch from some resevoir like Nepaug or Stamford Res. But a good place to catch some is just over the CT border with NY. IN the NYC Res's you have a great chance to catch over 8 lbers, and smallies over 6 are real common.

Here's another one: some guys actually raise them. And when I say that, I mean they constantly feed them, until the fish reaches a considerable size.
After which, the person(s) in question claim to have caught them from some lake. And the rest is history.

It isn't hard to raise fish, given the right environement. Especially a warmwater species.
I personally don't know of such people, but it has happened and will continue to do so, as long as some are in cosntant search of public attention.