I didn't have a scale, but this puppy was just a fraction over 18 inches.
I caught him on Friday from our neighborhood dock on Lake Norman in Mooresville, NC. Used a roadrunner jig head with a 1.5" gulp minnow on it, in about 7' of water.
He was released back into the lake, hope I see him again! My son held him for me while I took the picture.
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