Arkansas Teen Catches 12-Pound Bass While Fishing For Crappie

Logan Cernosek, a 15-year-old high school student from Arkansas, unexpectedly caught a 12-pound, 4-ounce largemouth bass while fishing from crappie on April 2, 2023. (Logan Cernosek / Michelle Counts)

Logan Cernosek, a 15-year-old 9th grader at Pocahontas, caught this 12-pound 4-ounce largemouth bass in Randolph County, AR on April 2nd. Logan and his friend, Landon Gibson, were fishing for crappie with 4lb test line. Logan said “I thought I was hooked on a log, but then I realized it was a huge fish!” The fish was weighed on a portable scale and then released to grow even bigger and hopefully be caught again someday. Logan said he never thought he would catch a bass this big in his lifetime. Looks like they didn’t do too shabby on the crappie either!

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