A Bassmaster Story you must check out! Brian Tyler expected a good day of fishing on the Cooper River March 14 during the South Carolina B.A.S.S. Nation state qualifier, but he never imagined catching a record-breaking limit of bass. Tyler found a honey hole in practice where he knew he could catch a heavyweight bag if no one else found it.
“My goal was to break 30 pounds,” said the 45-year-old construction company owner. “I knew the fish were there, but I didn’t know they were that good.”
His prime spot yielded a five-fish limit of largemouth bass weighing 42.3 pounds, including a 10.87-pounder, which was the biggest bass Tyler had ever caught. That bag rivals Dean Rojas’ catch from the Kissimmee Chain in 2001, when he caught the standing record of 45-2.
Jackie Stanford, South Carolina B.A.S.S. Nation president, said he was unsure of the exact weight of the previous record, but Tyler’s catch broke the longstanding South Carolina B.A.S.S. Nation five-fish limit mark of “29 pounds something.” Photo credit to Jackie Stanford Continue reading at this link –