# @outdoor_life on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DGn4QlXT189
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/26987072-outdoor-life-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-02-28T16:25:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Outdoor Life (@outdoor_life) — https://gondola.cc/outdoor_life

## Caption

A recent retiree was fishing a tournament on Santee-Cooper Lakes when he caught his personal best largemouth, and the heaviest ever caught in the leauge.⁠
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Veteran tournament angler Gary Pope is 62 years old. He’s been fishing South Carolina’s Santee-Cooper Lakes for more than half that time, and he says the heavyweight largemouth he caught there during a tournament Saturday is the biggest he’s ever pulled from the lakes. The 13-pound, 6-ounce largemouth also tied a Bass Fishing League record for the heaviest bass ever weighed at a BFL event, according to Major League Fishing.⁠
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#fishing #fishingtrip #fishingseason #fishingtournament #majorleaguefishing #bassfishing #largemouthbass #outdoors #outdoorlife⁠
📷: Gary Pope⁠
Story by: Bob McNally

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outdoors, bassfishing, fishing, fishingtournament, largemouthbass, fishingseason, outdoorlife, fishingtrip, majorleaguefishing

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