Angler reels in 40.45-pound, five-fish stringer

The 10.97-pounder was part of a five-fish stringer that tipped the scales at a whopping 40.45 pounds.

MANY, La. — Most bass anglers go their whole lives without catching a 10-pound fish, but George Herr accomplished the feat twice in a matter of just nine days.

And to top it off, the 10.97-pounder he reeled in Sunday morning, Nov. 9, was part of a jaw-dropping five-fish stringer that tipped the scales at a whopping 40.45 pounds.

“In talking to many of the veteran bass anglers who were here in the early days of the lake, they just can’t recall a stringer of five bass over 40 pounds taken by one man in one day,” Herr said.

He had headed out that morning alone in his Phoenix 921 fishing a Many Bass Club event and went to the exact ridge in Six Mile Creek where he caught his Halloween Day 10-pounder.

Using the same Lucky Strike Sammy topwater plug, the 59-year-old angler made a series of casts, but got no action.

“I had no bites at 7, so I switched to a jig and caught one at 2.83 pounds,” he said.

That turned out to be just a small hint of what was to come, as the fishing gods smiled down on Herr for about the next 50 minutes.

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