Another Potential World Record Bass Caught?
Yesterday, reports of a potential world record largemouth bass started surfacing based a giant largemouth being caught out of Lake Biwa in Japan. I think we will learn more today, but based on early reports, it actually may be a tie for the record and not a new World Record.
So here are a few pictures that have surfaced, for fun of comparison, I have also posted a picture of Dotty when she was caught but not hooked legally and weighed 25.1lbs.
Guess we will just have to wait as more details unfold....
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So here are a few pictures that have surfaced, for fun of comparison, I have also posted a picture of Dotty when she was caught but not hooked legally and weighed 25.1lbs.
Guess we will just have to wait as more details unfold....
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Posted by Rich Lindgren at 7/3/2009 8:27 AM 
Categories: Announcements
Tags: World Record Bass bass fishing
Categories: Announcements
Tags: World Record Bass bass fishing
awesome!!!!
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That is the biggest bass that I have ever seen! I'm going to have to leave the Alaska halibut and take a fishing trip to Japan for some big largemouth.
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The second picture is a "DIFFERENT BASS".
UPDATE 8/27/09
Here is an email Matt Lures received from a very reliable source. He lives in Japan and owns a tackle store there. his name is Greg Vella
I have come to the conclusion that Japan will probably not allow the big bass to become a record (JGFA). There is just too much (political) at stake, with the recent push to make all of Japan “catch and kill” for bass and bluegill. The Japanese government has spent millions of dollars on this program, which includes supplementing the income of the commercial fisherman at Lake Biwa.
> Letting Mr. Kurita’s fish become the new Japan record (JGFA) will send the wrong type of message to the taxpayer, and draw unwanted attention to the positive aspects of bass fishing.
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> Here is where we stand:
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> I mentioned before a about the distance from the bridge restriction ( the bass was caught near the Biwako Bridge)–It seems that his boat was not within the restricted area, but now they are saying they are going to DQ him because he CAST into the restricted area (which is not legally a “restricted” area anyway). I don’t understand? Lake Mission Viejo has a 20 foot from the dock no fishing zone, but that means your boat must not be withing 20 feet when fishing, not your cast. Another example would be the buoy line at Perris, or Casitas. As long as your boat is outside the buoy line, you can cast wherever you want.
> This is weak.
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> What is weaker is that they are now saying the he “broke the law” to catch the fish due to his bait (a bluegill). Bluegill are not illegal to be used for bait (nobody cares), but they are illegal to release back into the lake alive. The bass “No Release” law includes bluegill and everybody is aware of this due to posted signs all over the lake. But they are now saying that Mr. Kurita “released” a bluegill back into the lake when he pinned it on his hook, and tossed it in front of the giant bass.
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> This is really pushing it, IMO.
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> What they don’t know, and I just found out today, is that Mr. Kurita is registered, like I am, to be able to release bass and bluegill.
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> Even so, I sure they will make up something else; they do not want this fish to become a record, because:
> As of two days ago, the paperwork has not even been submitted to the IGFA.
> JGFA is saying that it must pass their scrutiny before he is “allowed” to submit to the IGFA; it should not be this way, as the IGFA is a separate entity.
> It seems it is catch 22 for Mr. Kurita.
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> There is so much misinformation going around that it is sad, at best. The same type of people that said the Biwa Lake grow fat on all the salmon (there are none) are giving opinions on stuff they know nothing about.
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> Hope all is going well for you,
> Capt. G
And here is something else that crossed my mind today. If he used Live Bait, which was a Coi, it weighed at least 4 ounces.
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