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I have to believe that there is another huge toad female over 20lb in CA that is just waiting to take her place.

RIP Dottie.




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Sad story...

thanks for the news.

now lets go find another

*NM*

Guess i was wrong, i figured the fish had died last year since the guys chasing her spent so much time up here in OC. There will be another harrased every year elsewhere soon!!! I would have rather seen the fish caught in "feeding" mode however i guess i wouldnt pass it up on a bed either if given the chance!!!!

Personally, I am glad to see she went out on her own and not on the end of a stringer waitiing to be certified. A fish that big, after being caught as many times as she had and providing so much entertainment for so many bass fishermen, deserved to die on her own.

I agree with that

thats sucks.... on a brighter note.. maybe the lake can go back to its normal self and not have 45 million rental boats on it now.. i remember the pre dottie days when you could show up at noon and have 3 bass guys on the water... sucks to hear she went.. what an awesome fish.

I thought the would have died from being snagged last year, good to see she survived the handling. Maybe we will finally know the lenght/girth numbers and how old this bass was. Dottie was a true giant and I dought that another bass will grow to 25 lbs., and 22+ becomes are real possibility agian.
Tom

Who the hell named the fish Dottie? I guess it is a fitting name for a big fat b!tch!

They named her that because of the giant dot just below her gill plate. Hince the name "Dottie" Nate

Strange... early last week I was wondering what might have happened to that fish, and now the answer. Surprised no one's caught her since Jed. Perhaps that goes to show an old bass is a wise bass (no pun intended). There will be another some day.