Look What Cousin Dave Caught!

Mark sent this picture of our cousin Dave (Grooms not Rowe) with this monster------ (of course Mark doesn't know how to type, so there are no particulars as to when this was caught or how big it weighs) I'm guessin' it's close to 35 lbs. But will wait for Dave to tell us the story in the comments. Can ya smoke striper?

(click on the pic to enlarge) I enhanced the photo on top with photoshop. the one on the bottom is the original. But a picture's worth more than a thousand words, right Mark?