This year in March I caught 15+ pound bass and personally witnessed 20+pounders caught. This is not BS. I was there. This is in the rivers, at night, on artificials. Things like that DO happen. My fish never find a scale(besides the boga

) because I dont take fish. That doesnt mean I dont catch fish......
But, On the other hand I agree, BS does get blown around quite a bit. You just have to make sure who you get your info from is reliable and saw it first hand.