I have heard the forest moan like mortal men in their affliction; often, and again, have I listened to the wind playing its music in the branches of the girdled trees; and I have heard the lightning cracking in the air like the snapping of blazing brush as it spitted forth sparks and forked flames; but never have I thought that I heard more than the pleasure of him who sported with the things of his hand.
The huge creature broke the previous Missouri record of 60 pounds and 9 ounces for a pole-and-line striped bass, set in 2011 on the same lake. According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the largest striped bass in Texas was a 53-pounder caught May 27, 1999, on the Brazos River.
Massive striped bass caught in Missouri sets state record. Lawrence Dillman said he fought the nearly 50-inch striped bass for over 45 minutes at Bulls Shoals Lake, which sits on the stateâs border with Arkansas. A Missouri fisherman last week pulled in the largest striped bass ever recorded on a pole and line in the state, with the fish weighing in at 65.2 pounds. Lawrence Dillman said he fought the nearly 50-inch monster for more than 45 minutes at Bulls Shoals Lake, which sits on the state's southern border with Arkansas.