Brady Stanford, of Millersview, reeled in a 13.13-pound largemouth bass from O.H. Ivie Reservoir on Jan. 2, keeping the lake’s streak of lunkers alive.
Stanford fished with his father in the morning but stayed on the lake on his own for the afternoon, checking a few different spots and then heading over to some areas that he knew had big fish lurking under the water.
“I pulled up to one of the spots and within five minutes I had the fish on,” said Stanford. “As soon as I got her in the boat, I knew she was going to be at least 13 pounds. I weighed her and the fish was a little over 13 pounds on my scale, so I called Concho Marina and let them know I needed to use their certified scale. We weighed the fish and then called TPWD to collect her.”
The bass is the second lunker submitted by Stanford. His first came on Jan. 23, 2022 with a 15.03-pounder at O.H. Ivie. He also has guided three clients to catch lunkers in the past two years.
O.H. Ivie has had 54 bass topping 13 pounds submitted to the ShareLunker program.
