Butch Brown makes the front page

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Butch Brown makes the front page

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Butch Brown made the front page of today's LA Times!
Congrats!
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Good article Butch deserves every accolade.
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There are many L.A. sports GOATs.
Kobe Bryant.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
Wayne Gretzky.
Butch Brown.

Butch Brown?

It’s a name spoken in hushed tones of reverence in the bass-fishing community. For most anglers, catching a largemouth bass weighing over 10 pounds would be the fish of a lifetime, an achievement demanding selfies with the bass, a call to the folks back home (please pick up, Dad!) and humble bragging on Instagram.

Brown has caught well over 1,500 — repeat 1,500 — of these elusive double-digit giants, including many “teeners” (13 pounds or more). His personal best, a 19.3-pound Goliath, just shy of the world record, was caught at Castaic Lake Lagoon, 40 miles north of Los Angeles.

Full story: https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... utch-brown
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