I talk to Butch form time to time and I know if any one else works the lake as hard as he did you would be able to say the same about catching all that fish, there are lots of times that he is on the lake for 9 hrs.at a time, he said that he will not take a trout rig or lite pole out there because when he does catch a big one he does not want any one to say that he got the fish illegally, like you said rumors fly when a large one is taken. He will have trout rigs on the boat but he will take out all the bassing rig of the boat, He is one of a few guys that I see with his kid fishing with him. Like you said Butch knows the lake I see him fish in areas that no one fishes and if other boats are around he doesn't fish it neither he always tells us where he got the big one and what he used. By the way when he gave the interview it was agreed that the lake not be disclosed because he did not want the lake to be over run. He told me that before the article came out. Would you tell everyone if you had a lake that produced trophy fish? If you that know Butch you will know what lake he fishes on but don't blame him, disclosing the name of the lake on a forum like this should bring more fisherman. Not that I care about Bass fishing because I never fish for bass. To me its like digging the best hole you can dig then filling it up just to tell every one about the hole, IMO.