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A fish of dreams from Casitas

By Michael Jones
BASSMASTER — July 2002

Friday, March 25, 2005

Saving the best for last, Randy Crabtree of Oak View, Calif., pulled a 19 1/2-pound largemouth from California's Lake Casitas on April 9, just as the big bass season was winding down. At approximately 10 a.m. that day, the gigantic fish struck a modified 12-inch Castaic Trout trolled slowly across a submerged hump in 20 to 30 feet of water. "When this bass hit, I looked at my partner, Ed (Guyette) and said, 'This is a big fish,' " remarked Crabtree, who has spent most of his 44 years pursuin ...

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