Brian Bower has been a staple of local fishing tournaments for more than 30 years.
He’s been an inshore champion with Team Plan B and an offshore champion with Team Jumbo Shrimp. He’s spent countless nights sleeping — or losing sleep — between the inshore and offshore fishing tournament scene while putting in a lifetime of hours chasing all the Gulf and bays have to offer.
So when Bower sees a fish hit his deck so large that it shocks him, it has to be big…