Field & Stream and made this story from their 2006 magazine avaiable to read online. It is a great recount involving all who knew and fished for this bass so long and hard on California's Lake Dixon. Really amazing on how it all turned out. It also projects a look at what might happen this day and time if George Washington Perry would catch his world record nowadays. If you have never read it i think you will find it interesting on how it all turned how.
And this is how the story ends.
Originally Posted by 78Staff
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Stop chasing me!
Sad indeed of the passing.
Crazy how big she was!, RIP The Beast
Russell Winneberger
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Largest she weighed was #25.1 I believe. If she wasn’t hooked outside the mouth she would’ve smashed the record. I think that single fish holds 2 or 3 spots on the world record list
Read the book "Sowbelly" by Monte Burke. Talks all about it and several other people that chased the record. Great book for a bass fisherman to read.
Thanks for the info. I will look for it.
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I believe Mike Long started it when he caught Dottie at 21lbs. She was caught a couple times there after. Jed Dickerson nailed her at her greatest weight, then later on down the road, Jed got the phone call to come identify if it was her floating. She was gone. Great story though.
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I’d rather catch 5, 5 pounders
Thanks for posting dwmgg17 and Thanks RJR for the Link >I enjoyed reading the story.
. . . I'd rather catch 1 > 5 lber - I can handle the First 2 Jumps.
For some reason I always thought she was hooked just outside the mouth and that added to the drama. I didn’t realize she was legitimately snagged in the back, albeit unintentionally. Very well written article.
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