OKLAHOMA CITY ? Dave Masters caught the third largest largemouth bass in Oklahoma’s recorded history on Feb. 12 when he hauled in a 14-pound, 8.5-ounce fish.

Masters, who lives in Bixby, caught the lunker on a jig at an undisclosed lake in northeast Oklahoma.

The big bass was weighed on certified scales at Greenwood Convenience and Outdoor Center in Skiatook.

Oklahoma’s big-bass record is held by William Cross for a 14-pound, 11-ounce largemouth bass he caught in March of 1999 at Broken Bow Lake.