I am relatively new to Bass fishing growing up in Alaska there were no bass so I concentrated on the Salmon runs. Since i have been down here i constantly hear talk of which lake the next record will come out of. I have fished the so-cal giant bass lakes and have caught fish in the 7-11lb range and saw larger cruising around. i have no doubt of the trophy potential of these lakes, but they do get fished regularly by a large number of skilled bass fisherman. I have since moved to central california and am fishing a whole new set of waters. one of the areas i fish is a slough with an array of canals, aquaducts and ponds connected to it. Some of these areas recieve little to no fishing preasure and forage(bluegill, catfish, carp, crappie, crawdads, baby strippers, etc.) is plentyfull. I have caught fish out of this area in the 5-10lb range and am more then convinced that there are bigger fish there. My question is besides being underfished, why isn't there more talk of the new record coming out of waters like these?