Man ties record for biggest largemouth bass

[len19070]

WOW



DANIA BEACH, Fla. – A man was being credited with tying the 77-year-old world record for catching the biggest largemouth bass. The International Game Fish Association announced Friday that it had confirmed the 22-pound, 4-ounce fish caught by Manabu Kurita. The Florida-based group said Kurita caught the fish July 2 on Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake.

Kurita's fish tied the record of George Perry, who caught his bass on Georgia's Montgomery Lake on June 2, 1932.

Kurita used 25-pound test line and a live blue gill as bait.

Nothing on snopes yet.

Happy Trails

Len

[BILLYL]

Did he release the fish????????????

Bill

[Miriam C.]

Did he release the fish????????????

Bill

I sure hope so cause you can't eat them when they get really big.

[dreadcptflint]

I sure hope so cause you can't eat them when they get really big.

OK, I have to ask. Why don't you eat a big fish?

[len19070]

I sure hope so cause you can't eat them when they get really big.

OK, I have to ask. Why don't you eat a big fish?

I don't know if there's a scientific reason but for me Bass is a "Tasteless" fish.

Meaning it only tastes like what ever you put on it. I would much rather eat a couple of Pan Fish than Bass.

And yes I tried it a few times years ago....I wasn't impressed.

Catch and release, though its tough sometimes is the way to go.

Happy Trails

Len

[Miriam C.]

I sure hope so cause you can't eat them when they get really big.

OK, I have to ask. Why don't you eat a big fish?

I don't know if there's a scientific reason but for me Bass is a "Tasteless" fish.

Meaning it only tastes like what ever you put on it. I would much rather eat a couple of Pan Fish than Bass.

And yes I tried it a few times years ago....I wasn't impressed.

Catch and release, though its tough sometimes is the way to go.

Happy Trails

Len

Really big bass has the texture of cotton and no flavor! Somewhere in VA there is a picture of a really big bass being held by me. I couldn't hold it like this woman is doing...too heavy. No one back then wanted to weight it so we tried to eat it. Was nasty!

About the catch and release. Hard to get a record if you don't kill it and preserve it really well.

I am with Len on the pan fish. We (the girls and I) fish for really nice blue gill and crappy! We play with the bass but eat the panfish.

[Oasis Maker]

That's not the man (or a man) in this shot though right? Perhaps his wife holding the fish? (Reeeally not trying to be funny either.)

Scott G.

[Conestoga]

According to this site: http://tackletog.com/bigbaiting/tag/manabu-kurita/
The fish was caught July 2, soon died, was frozen awaiting certification until now.

[Oasis Maker]

That's not the man (or a man) in this shot though right? Perhaps his wife holding the fish? (Reeeally not trying to be funny either.)

Scott G.

Okay. I stand corrected by the additional link above. That is the "guy".



It was just the long blonde hair and darker roots and some other things too that were throwing me off.

Nice catch "dude".

More cudos to the fish for surviving that long to get to be that size though.

Scott G.

[digimark]

I musy have undiagnosed dyslexia. I thought the headline was "Man ties record for largebass mouth". Thought someone was telling fish stories again...

[Dean in Eureka, CA]

A tough lesson, especially for the fish, that I learned many years ago was I used to keep my fish on a "stringer" when fishing... Taking only the ones I planned on eating when I was finished and releasing all the others. My stringer seemed harmless, just a monofilament leash that passed through the mouth and out one of the gill openings.
Little did I know at the time, that the gills are very fragile on fish and they'll die if it's damaged.

[rxc463]

Fish stories eh?