Gordon and Jennifer Fothergill were at the Itasca County Fair in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, when Jennifer’s phone rang.

Visiting angler Cullie Beveal caught a 16-plus-pound largemouth from O.H. Ivie Lake in Texas. On the list of Texas bass records, it's No. 20.

Joe Capilupo, who holds the Illinois record for smallmouth bass, praised for Bennett Gotlund for his catch of a record-sized ...