Three thoughts:
1) Nice fish
2) If the real "book" is ever written, it will say things like, "sometimes bass like warm water, sometimes cold" and "sometimes they like shallow water, sometimes deep"
3) Regarding size of fish.....come on. Of the seven categories of large fish quoted in the earlier post, there are three of those categories where there is a distinct possibility that nobody on the entire East Coast will catch a fish that large in a given year. (70-80, 80-90, 90+) For the overwhelming majority of surfbound anglers a 30 lb+ fish is the fish of the season, if not a lifetime. If this forum becomes a place where a 25 lb fish (during the day in shallow water, no less) can't be acknowleged as a great catch and a "big" fish, I think posts are losing touch with reality. Or maybe we need a new forum for people who only target fish over 60 lbs.
