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BucknutZ

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[align=right]Mac Weakley photo[/align]
Mike Winn shows off the 25-pound bass caught by Mac Weakley.SAN DIEGO – Mac Weakley of Carlsbad caught what could be the world-record largemouth bass early Monday at Dixon Lake in Escondido.
The bass weighed 25 pounds, 1 ounce on a hand-held scale, which – if approved – would shatter the world record, the 22-pound, 4-ounce bass caught by George W. Perry at Montgomery Lake in Georgia in 1932.
The catch will have to be approved by the International Game Fish Association.
That may be a problem, however, because Weakley said he foul-hooked the fish – meaning the hook lodged below the dorsal fin on the fish's side, not in the fish's mouth.
Weakley was fishing with his longtime friends Mike Winn and Jed Dickerson. Dickerson caught a 21-pound, 11-ounce bass at the same lake in 2003.










The men believe this is the same fish that Dickerson caught almost three years ago, and which was also caught by another fisherman as a 20-pounder in 2001. They said the fish has the same identifying black dot under its right gill plate. [/*]
Weakley released the fish after taking pictures and videos of the weigh-in. But he did not take measurements of the fish, which also may be a problem when it comes to the game fish association approving it as a record catch.
 
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BucknutZ

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Nope, nobody said it was this Monday. The article comes all the way from 2004 if i'm correct.

25 pounds = ? kg

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BucknutZ

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Ek glo nie regtig jy kry so groot Bass nie man....ek het gedink 7,8kg is die grootste ooit gevang.

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Dit lyk wel of die vis eiers wil le as jy na die pens kyk so dalk kan mens n extra 1,5kg vir die eiers bysit en dit gee jou dan 7,8 + 1,5 kg = 9,3kg?

wie weet
 
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basslover

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You do get bass in the range of this one, for real!!
Check out www.bigbass.co.za
theres a couple of pics, check it out.
 
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basslover

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The South African record, correct me if im wrong is a 13.84 lb(6.29KG) caught in the Midmar dam.
Like the website say, there was bigger caught in the midmar before and after this one, but you need to fish in a comp before it is recorded(correct me if im wrong guys).
 
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Johanvc

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[color=#006600]basslover[/color] wrote:
The South African record, correct me if im wrong is a 13.84 lb(6.29KG) caught in the Midmar dam.
Like the website say, there was bigger caught in the midmar before and after this one, but you need to fish in a comp before it is recorded(correct me if im wrong guys).
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You don’t need to fish in a comp. But you need to be a register SABAA member. The process of actually weighing the fish as far as I know is to weigh the fish on a certified scale at a police station.

But the list is long to weigh an SA record. I know one of the rules is that the fish needs to be caught in a dam that is open to the public to fish. There was a guy in the cape that caught a 7kg bass in his farm dam and they did not want to accept the record as it was not open to public for fishing. Then there was the fish that was caught at Midmar last year that weighed 6.3Kg. But they did not want to accept the record as the guys that caught the fish was not a SABAA member
 
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basslover

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ok...thanks for that Johan...thats what i love about this website...learn something new everyday!!and i really dont want to weigh my fish at a police station...the thing is gona die...CATCH AND RELEASE...
 
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Johanvc

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[color=#006600]basslover[/color] wrote:
ok...thanks for that Johan...thats what i love about this website...learn something new everyday!!and i really dont want to weigh my fish at a police station...the thing is gona die...CATCH AND RELEASE...
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That is what is nice if you catch a fish like that at a comp. You don’t need to go through all that stuff
 
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