As for long arming it, hey, I learn from the best.

In reality though he was a pretty sizey wiper for the area. None of the local guys I was with had ever seen one that big come out of that lake before. When we got back to town they showed it to a bunch of their hard core fishing buddy's and none of them had seen it's equal as well. I have to admit, I enjoyed the temporary celebrity status for a couple hours. However that's about all the longer I can handle that kind of attention.