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What is the world record bass ever caught?

What is the world record bass ever caught?

22 pounds, 4 ounces
Official Largemouth World Record: George Perry’s Undefeated Bass. On June 2nd, 1932, George Perry caught the current world record bass out of Lake Montgomery, an oxbow lake off the Ocmulgee River in southern Georgia. The fish (the whopper) weighed 22 pounds, 4 ounces.

What is the Alabama state record for largemouth bass?

16 lbs 8 oz
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SPECIES WEIGHT LOCATION
Bass, Largemouth 16 lbs 8 oz Mtn. View Lake, Shelby Co
Bass, Redeye (b) 3 lbs 2 oz Choccolocco Creek
Bass, Rock 1 lb 6 oz Paint Rock River
Bass, Shoal 6 lbs 11 oz Halawakee Creek

What is the world record white bass?

The fish was 18 ½ inches long with a 16 inch girth. Two scales (recommended by IGFA) weighed the fish at 4.27 and 4.32 pounds. The current world record is 3.50 pounds.

How long can a bass live?

How long will a bass live? Bass in cooler areas tend to live longer. The maximum would be 16 to 20 years. The average bass would usually live 5 to 10 years.

How big was the biggest bass ever caught?

When George Perry, a farmer from Georgia, caught his 22 pound, 4 ounce monster on Lake Montgomery back in June 1932, however, the concept of a uniformed world record tracking organization was still a novel concept.

What’s the world record for the biggest fish?

The World Record Goliath Grouper — 680 pounds © Provided by Field and Stream Lynn Joyner caught this 680-pound Goliath in Florida waters in May 1961. Legend has it that Joyner caught this world-record fish from a dock on the Amelia River using a homemade pole and twisted nylon cord, similar to the kind used for making fishing nets.

Who was the first person to catch a largemouth bass?

Here stands George Perry and the All-Tackle record largemouth bass. A colossal catch at a time when bass fishing was simply nothing more than a pass time. He set the bar for anglers across the globe to chase their dreams.

Where did Oban Jones catch the biggest bass?

That fish fell to Paul McEwan when fishing just off Herne Bay, Kent, way back in 1987. Guntars’ catch also beats this bass caught by Oban Jones, which was landed in December 2019. Jones is adamant that his boat-caught fish off Plymouth in Devon was above the official British bests.