Anytime, men - I thought you'd enjoy it!
Striprman, the bad news is: the only photo in the entire account is unbelievably bad - it's a belly shot of the underside, that's it - no profile of the bass, no photo of Mr. Church himself hoisting the beast...
.....nada.
But the good news is that as a result of posting the story we've been made a generous offer of a photo of Mr. Church, the 73 lb. bass, the rod and reel he caught it on - and Mrs. Church, just for good measure. However, it's going to take some time to restore and remaster it - I'll keep ya posted and let you know as soon as it's done, we haven't seen the original yet but it appears to be pretty good
And I think you'll also know the donor well, too
It really is a nice offer and very much appreciated!
Oh, as for it being a boat fish - and I've been expecting to hear from Eben on that detail - well, if you land a 73 from a 13' boat using oars in a heavy sea.....yeah, it counts
Glad you all enjoyed it!