Hi Guys... have just seen this on a US site. Appar
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29.4 inches long and caught on Lake Biwa, Japan.
I remember when I was much younger, I'd say about 8 or 9 years ago, I watched an episode of Walmart FLW Tour, and some guy on there caught a bass of 22lbs, on a pearl white spinner bait(I'll never forget that).
At the time they said it was the world record, and I was shocked...this thing is easily as big...
Do you guys who fish for bass often think ours will ever get that big. Am I right in saying that those must be Florida strain large mouths?
I like fishing for bass, I used to fish for them alot when I still stayed in Joburg.
At the time they said it was the world record, and I was shocked...this thing is easily as big...
Do you guys who fish for bass often think ours will ever get that big. Am I right in saying that those must be Florida strain large mouths?
I like fishing for bass, I used to fish for them alot when I still stayed in Joburg.
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The previous record was a 22lb 4 oz fish caught in the 1930's ( assuming all is verified with this fish). A 25 lb fish was caught a few years back in the States but couldn't be submitted as the record as was foul hooked.
The size of the water have a big influence on the size of bass, SA simply do not have the weather conditions or water size to grow them that big. Zim have the weather and the water size, if I am not mistaken the current all African record comes out of Lake Kyle and is in the region of 9Kg not far of!
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I have a replica of 22lbs fish and the size of that pig is 30inch length and 28.5 inch girth.
The fish on that picture is a hog of a bass. I would love to know the girth on that fish.
I'll try and find some more info on that fish from my buddies in the USA. Where did u get the pic of this fish.
The unofficial record bass of 25lbs was a monster of 32inches lenght and a girth of 28inches.
I do have a monster bass replca that was caught in LAke El Sato in Mexico a year ago. It measured 31 inches in lenght but the girth was just 25.6inches. The weight was 21lbs 4ounces.
If I'm correct the Zim record is a bass of 18lbs caught in Lake Kyle. There have been reports of fish speared there in excess of 20lbs.
I have a replica of 22lbs fish and the size of that pig is 30inch length and 28.5 inch girth.
The fish on that picture is a hog of a bass. I would love to know the girth on that fish.
I'll try and find some more info on that fish from my buddies in the USA. Where did u get the pic of this fish.
The unofficial record bass of 25lbs was a monster of 32inches lenght and a girth of 28inches.
I do have a monster bass replca that was caught in LAke El Sato in Mexico a year ago. It measured 31 inches in lenght but the girth was just 25.6inches. The weight was 21lbs 4ounces.
If I'm correct the Zim record is a bass of 18lbs caught in Lake Kyle. There have been reports of fish speared there in excess of 20lbs.
Hi Hennie I have one that is close to the unnofficial world record. I'm busy working on it as I already have an order for one. It will be in the region of 31 icnches with a girth of 28.5 inches. That is the closets that I could get without loosing any detail on my molds.
I will post some pics on here of the blanks of these big monsters. The detail are excellent. I'm the only person outside the US that have these at the moment. The Fish that I'm working on is a 3 D mount with detail on both sides.
I will post some pics on here of the blanks of these big monsters. The detail are excellent. I'm the only person outside the US that have these at the moment. The Fish that I'm working on is a 3 D mount with detail on both sides.
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The 25lb bass that was caught in the u.s. died about 2-3 months ago. I remember reading the story about a guy making it his life mission to catch that fish as a record. I will try and find it.
ps. maybe we should start feeding our fish bowling balls to get them to size..
ps. maybe we should start feeding our fish bowling balls to get them to size..
Here is the unofficial world record bass.
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Thanks Homie. RP, the pics are off the post by Gman on 360tuna.com
Ref Zim record - I think it is about 17 pounds and was out of Darwendale Dam - but I will confirm this with the Harare bass guys and post the correct figure.
Ref Zim impoundments - the influence good or bad of Niloticas on most dams may now have an influence - thats a whole new debate though. Certainly Mteri in the Lowveld we all thought would throw out a giant but still waiting.
Size of dam for sure - but you never know - a couple of the previous Zim records came out of small farm dams. And by US standards Mteri and Darwendale are certainly not that big. Kyle better. I personally have seen some HOGs ( 14 lb odd) come off relatively small impoundments.
And of course dont write off Chicamba just over the border from Zim in Mozambique !
Ref Zim record - I think it is about 17 pounds and was out of Darwendale Dam - but I will confirm this with the Harare bass guys and post the correct figure.
Ref Zim impoundments - the influence good or bad of Niloticas on most dams may now have an influence - thats a whole new debate though. Certainly Mteri in the Lowveld we all thought would throw out a giant but still waiting.
Size of dam for sure - but you never know - a couple of the previous Zim records came out of small farm dams. And by US standards Mteri and Darwendale are certainly not that big. Kyle better. I personally have seen some HOGs ( 14 lb odd) come off relatively small impoundments.
And of course dont write off Chicamba just over the border from Zim in Mozambique !
The original World Record that stood for 70 odd years was caught by George Perry, in a Georgia pond.... 1948 it was...
Nothing came close to breaking it till Bob Crupi and his mates started chasing the world record....
Before the mid to late 80's, all the so called "Big Fish" Lakes were the territory of the Deep Humid South of the US... Florida and Georgia in particular....
Since the mid 80's though, the introduction of Bass into the California Reservoirs has seen a massive surge in huge bass... now all your "Big Fish" Lakes are on the West Coast, in California.... bigger and better I guess, along with all these MASSIVE Swimbaits the guys are using to chase bass these days... some of the lures are bigger than what we throw for 30 kilo GT's!!!
That bass you posted is a true Monster Bruce, wonder what the fight etc was like....
Either which way, if this Bass breaks the record, it'll be the fall of one of the oldest and most coveted records of all time.....
I miss bass fishing...
PS - If any of you enjoy a good book, and enjoy laughing your asses off, get hold of Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen.... He is one of the greatest crime fictioon writers of all time in my opinion, and probably the funniest auther alive... Double Whammy is about the professional Bass fishing circuit in Florida in the 80's, and the madness that surrounds it.... After that read everything else Hiaasen has written too, you'll thank me...
Nothing came close to breaking it till Bob Crupi and his mates started chasing the world record....
Before the mid to late 80's, all the so called "Big Fish" Lakes were the territory of the Deep Humid South of the US... Florida and Georgia in particular....
Since the mid 80's though, the introduction of Bass into the California Reservoirs has seen a massive surge in huge bass... now all your "Big Fish" Lakes are on the West Coast, in California.... bigger and better I guess, along with all these MASSIVE Swimbaits the guys are using to chase bass these days... some of the lures are bigger than what we throw for 30 kilo GT's!!!
That bass you posted is a true Monster Bruce, wonder what the fight etc was like....
Either which way, if this Bass breaks the record, it'll be the fall of one of the oldest and most coveted records of all time.....
I miss bass fishing...
PS - If any of you enjoy a good book, and enjoy laughing your asses off, get hold of Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen.... He is one of the greatest crime fictioon writers of all time in my opinion, and probably the funniest auther alive... Double Whammy is about the professional Bass fishing circuit in Florida in the 80's, and the madness that surrounds it.... After that read everything else Hiaasen has written too, you'll thank me...
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Hi there guys!
I have seen this fish before....on Jacques Wolmarans' site Bigbass.0catch.
It was caught previously in 2008 and weighed 8,4 kilos then!
When I saw that pic he first time I thought that bass was definitly a "tank/pond" bass raised on some high protein food/fish ( maybe trout ) due to the unnatural obesity.
Now I do suspect so even more!
If you look at the bottom 2 pics you will notice it is in fact the same fish!
What further brings questions to mind is the health of the fish.
Surely a bass so fat should have a lot of Vitamins and thus a high resistance to disease. This sores could be caused due to stress and handling in captivity.
Furthermore if you look at the pic on the bottom left,the scales that appear "rough" and the "bloated belly".....a fish disease called DROPSY , a disease common in Koi dams and fish in captivity....again koi are abundant in Japan now arent' they?
Sorry if this sounds like sour grapes, but examine the pics and let me know what you guys feel.
Regards
Herman Nel
I have seen this fish before....on Jacques Wolmarans' site Bigbass.0catch.
It was caught previously in 2008 and weighed 8,4 kilos then!
When I saw that pic he first time I thought that bass was definitly a "tank/pond" bass raised on some high protein food/fish ( maybe trout ) due to the unnatural obesity.
Now I do suspect so even more!
If you look at the bottom 2 pics you will notice it is in fact the same fish!
What further brings questions to mind is the health of the fish.
Surely a bass so fat should have a lot of Vitamins and thus a high resistance to disease. This sores could be caused due to stress and handling in captivity.
Furthermore if you look at the pic on the bottom left,the scales that appear "rough" and the "bloated belly".....a fish disease called DROPSY , a disease common in Koi dams and fish in captivity....again koi are abundant in Japan now arent' they?
Sorry if this sounds like sour grapes, but examine the pics and let me know what you guys feel.
Regards
Herman Nel
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Herman - I think you may be wrong about the pass tank/pond....
TV report claims the fish was taken out of Lake Biwa in Japan, which at over 70 miles long, is Japanas Largest Natural Lake....
I guess it could have been kept in a pen and force fed, but I doubt they'd put it out as a claim if that was the case...
TV report claims the fish was taken out of Lake Biwa in Japan, which at over 70 miles long, is Japanas Largest Natural Lake....
I guess it could have been kept in a pen and force fed, but I doubt they'd put it out as a claim if that was the case...