You're right Rob, this is a joke! That bass might be 18 lbs if that guy is 11 feet tall. The fish is a typical state of Florida lunker: really long with a huge head and no girth. Since you have to include length and girth measurements to get on the Lunker Page, I wonder what numbers he made up. Check out this story about a really big Florida bass:
(You have to go halfway down the page to get to it.)
http://espn.go.com/outdoors/fishing/s/f_fea_state_record_roundup_030506.html

Doug