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    Myster World Record Bass Illustration
    Juan Esteban Rodriguez
    Fishing

    Cold Case: Solving the Mystery Behind the World-Record Bass of Demopolis, Alabama

    Time-yellowed pages and long-faded memories are all that remain of Alabama's mythic 24-pound bass

    By Robert DeWitt
    November 13, 2017

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