Lake Apopka jackpot: angler lands ‘Jim,’ the female bass worth $5,000

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Organizers of the fishing-for-cash challenge in Lake Apopka wondered if they could tag their star fish, a hugely bellied female, largemouth bass named Jim, with $100,000 or any amount of prize money. Because a fish tagged with a prize would be a needle in the haystack of Florida’s fourth largest lake, Lake Apopka.


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