Manabu Kurita and his record-tying bass (Photo: IGFA)
The Holy Grail of Bass Fishing just got a little more crowded on Jan. 8 when the International Game Fish Association, after a 6 month review process, approved Manabu Kurita’s 22-pound, 4-ounce largemouth bass as the co-world record holder for the species. He caught the huge bass in Japan’s Lake Biwa on July 2, 2009 — 77 years after George Perry caught his long-standing world record in Georgia’s Montgomery Lake.
Now, Perry and Kurita, 32, of Aichi, Japan, will forever be linked in history by a pair of 22-pound, 4-ounce largemouth bass. [click to continue…]
Is this gigantic largemouth taken a few days back the new all-tackle world record?? Well, details are a bit sketchy at the moment but George W. Perry and his 22-pound, 4-ounce record for the species, which has stood since 1932, may just be in jeopardy…or not??
Caught in Japan’s Lake Biwa by Dep Tackle pro staffer Manabu Kurita in early July, this bass allegedly weighed (on a certified scale) 22 pounds, 5 ounces. Again, many of the particulars are taking their time crossing the Pacific — including what the fish was caught on, though at this point, it’s looking like live bait.
Obscene!!!
Now, it’s up to the International Game Fish Association to sort out all the details. If all the proper paperwork is submitted and the fish truly weighed 22 pounds, 5 ounces, it may still not be considered the new standard for largemouth. You see, the IGFA has a rule that states a record must be broken by two ounces. Since Kurita’s bass may have only eclipsed Perry’s by an ounce, it may be declared a tie….which seems pretty lame to me. How can you call it a tie if it weighed more??
Well, it will be interesting to see how this all shakes out. In the meantime, watch the video and let us know what you think…
A new world record largemouth bass? You make the call! Watch as Wild Bill Skinner mixes it up with an El Salto Lake (Mexico) monster largemouth that eventually gets away. [click to continue…]
Dottie, the world-record class largemouth bass at Dixon Lake that has captured the attention of anglers worldwide, died apparently of old age over Mother’s Day weekend. The end of an era, to be sure.
So you’ve been out there bass fishing for years and years and haven’t caught anything over 10 pounds. You feel like you’ve been doing everything right because you always seem to catch fish, but just not the big dogs. What gives? Well, read on, my big bass-free friends! [click to continue…]
So you’ve been out there bass fishing for years and years and haven’t caught anything over 10 pounds. You feel like you’ve been doing everything right because you always seem to catch fish, but just not the big dogs. What gives? Well, read on, my big bass-free friends!