DUNLAP, Texas -- That big fish weighs 13.34 pounds.
Matthew Moccia, of Manchaca, pulled the largemouth bass out of a small reservoir on the Guadalupe River on Sunday morning. He was using a DD22 lure in 10 feet of water.
The fish was taken from Lake Dunlap -- near New Braunfels -- to the A.E. Wood State Fish Hatchery in San Marcos, where it is awaiting DNA testing, according to a press release from the Texas Parks & Wildlife.
It will then be taken to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center to be held to spawning. If DNA tests show the fish is not a pure Florida largemouth, it will be returned to Lake Dunlap.
Moccia's fish
- 13.34 pounds
- 26.25 inches long
- 23.25 inches around
The fish is the third to be entered into the Toyota ShareLunker Program during the current season, which runs until April 30.
Have you reeled in a fish that weighs more than 13 pounds? Call the ShareLunker hotline at (903) 681-0550 or page (888) 784-0600 and leave a phone number.
Bennett Cowan, of San Marcos, entered a 14.28-pounder into the competition in October. He caught the lunker in Austin while fishing off a bluff with a worm for bait.
The other fish in the ShareLunker Program was caught in Gunter, Texas, on Dec. 12. It weighed 15.02 pounds.
