I caught this at one of the town park ponds here in Denville the other day. Lure was a #4 Panther Martin gold spinner dressed with red/orange hair. 10# stealth braid line with 6# fluorocarbon leader... no idea how he didn't slice it off. 25.5" with an 11" girth, beats my old personal best chain by 3.5" of length. Caught, released. Qualification for chains for C&R angler awards is 24" so I sent it in... how much bigger have people caught them around here?
Sorry, I was by myself, so no "look-at-me-with-this-big-fish" picture