Let's make this even more polarizing - he caught it with a Van Staal
Seriously, I think we are over analyzing this. We are not talking about a situation where some person that had never casted to bass before lands a 60 at their feet by sheer luck. We are talking about someone that used a proven method from a proven platform that was lucky enough to have this fish before him and skilled enough to do something about it.
Circumstances are what are put in front of you and what you do with them plus some lady luck.
Oooops - work beckons...