13-Year-Old Sets Lake Worth Largemouth Record

T.C. Morey, 13, with this Lake Worth record largemouth that was certified at 8.95 pounds.

T.C. Morey, a 13-year-old from Leesburg, had a day on Lake Worth!

T.C. caught a largemouth bass that was certified at 8.95 pounds (8-lbs., 15.2-ozs.) on DNR scales at the Albany Fisheries office to set a new Lake Worth record. That fish was T.C.’s best bass to date, but during that same trip, he also boated a 7-pounder. His dad Jason Morey said the lake record bass hit a white/chartreuse Strike King spinnerbait.

T.C. caught his lake record bass on March 29, and it sat in the freezer until recently while awaiting a trip to the taxidermist. When GON.com published a story on May 8 about a Lake Worth largemouth record being set with an 8 1/2-pounder caught by 16-year-old Keaton Smith, it was decided to thaw T.C.’s bass and carry it to the Albany DNR Fisheries office to get a certified weight.

Lake Worth Record Fish (Upstream to Blackshear Dam)