Sixteen-year-old Brandon Thompson Jr. of Springfield caught this 7-pound bass on July 30, 2025 while attending the LTD Youth Bass Camp on Toledo Bend in Many, La. He is a junior at Springfield High School, where he is an honor student and a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Club. He is a member of the Livingston Parish Bassmasters Club and his school’s varsity baseball team. He has previously caught a few larger fish in golf course ponds in Florida but this is his biggest catch in Louisiana and in open waters.