Big Fish Energy: Austin Anderson on Catching a Record 71-Pound Smallmouth Buffalo in Downtown Austin 

Texas is big. So are our fish. In this occasional series we talk to Texas anglers about their monster catches. Name: Austin AndersonAge: 28Hometown: CoppellYears fishing: 26+Favorite fishing holes: Lady Bird Lake and Lake MichiganAustin Anderson, a 28-year-old professional carp and buffalo fishing guide, was fishing by himself on June 10 from the bank of Lady Bird Lake when he hooked into a life-changing fish. Two days before, the Austin-based angler had been fishing with a buddy in the same spot when he saw a huge fish jump, or crash, far from shore, almost in the middle of the downtown Austin lake. “Immediately something in my mind clicked. I don’t know what it was, but I was just like, ‘That’s her. That’s the fish I…

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