My license plate even says so!!!Originally Posted by ProVle
My license plate even says so!!!
Mine too!My license plate even says so!!!
Thems fightin’ words 😂.
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Wasn't it caught in Tennessee but weighed in Kentucky?
We are hearing of some very very large largemouth in Africa. I believe the next World Record, if it is ever broken, will not be in the US.
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Near Trooper Island in Ky waters. https://www.bassmaster.com/news/60-y...lmouth-caught/
Why is it counted as a World record in 2 states?
Curious about this myself.
Good question... it was certified in Tennessee. Where he caught it was so close to the TN/KY line, with 300' feet of line out, his boat might have been in TN and the bait in KY...
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That's wild... never knew this.Good question... it was certified in Tennessee. Where he caught it was so close to the TN/KY line, with 300' feet of line out, his boat might have been in TN and the bait in KY...
The MN DNR actually did something sensible this year and re-opened the record book because the long-standing records were suspect af. The IGFA should do the same IMO.
Interesting. So you think there should be two record books then? One pre-IGFA and one current, or are you saying that even the IGFA records are suspect?
The IGFA Largemouth Bass record is a running joke and everyone knows it. George Perry was a documented liar. With what we now know about bass biology, growth trends and genealogy, anybody that thinks a 22lb Largemouth Bass was caught in a muddy river oxbow lake in Georgia is too ignorant to debate with.
Agree. Freaking 8lb smallmouth outta west battle lake raises an eyebrow
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If professionals who's careers depend on catching fish use FFS then that's what I'm using. Might be too simple of a philosophy but makes sense to me.
It could be broken if Texas Parks and Wildlife moves to California. Other than that I don't know if we will ever see it.
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All kidding aside, they're most likely being eaten if that's the case ...
Ranting incoherently
If Dotty would have not been foul hooked that day...it would be hard for any region to beat 25 lbs. Everything went 100% perfect for that bass to be 3 lbs heavier than any other known bass.
I have a good friend and long time client who has fished in Cuba several times. He said most of the smaller lakes hold DD bass and he has seen pictures of 20 pounders. He also says that most of the lakes are full of tilapia and have a considerable amount of netting where bass are are a saleable by-catch. The time window for a world record from there has probably passed.
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The MN DNR now considers all records prior to 1980 to be non-certified weight records, they will still be on the books with that asterisk that denoting that they are of questionable origin.
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