Believe it or not the world record largemouth bass belongs to two different anglers on the opposite side of the world. George Perry (Georgia) and Manabu Kurita (Japan) currently own a tie for the biggest bass ever caught.
Perry’s bass was caught out of Montgomery Lake in Georgia back on June 2nd, 1932 and weighed 22lbs and 4oz.
Manabu Kurita caught his largemouth on July 2nd, 2009 and actually weighed 22lbs and 5oz. However, because the bass weighed less than 2 oz more than Perry’s bass, it is considered a tie.
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Back in 1932, in the heat of the Great Depression, Perry and a friend decided to go fishing at Montgomery Lake where they kept a small homemade boat. As they took turns casting the single rod and reel they had brought, Perry noticed a large boil next to a stump in shallow water.
Perry cast at the stump and almost immediately the fish exploded on the lure, “water splashed everywhere,” and he set the hook.
However, when he set the hook, nothing budged and Perry thought he had hung his lure into the stump. This concerned Perry because he thought that he might lose their only lure. Losing the lure would mean an early end to their day of fishing.
Fortunately, then something happened, the stump started to move. As a matter of fact it wasn’t a stump at all, but Perry had hooked the bass that he saw boil just seconds before the cast.
He wrestled the bass to the boat and then lifted it aboard with both hands. Perry knew that he had never seen a largemouth bass that big but he didn’t know just how big it was.
On the way home from fishing the two friends took the bass to a grocery store to show the bass off and to measure the fish (32.5 in length 28.5 inches in girth). After their brief stop there, they took the bass to the post office where they could weigh the beauty on a certified scale. 22lbs 4oz!
Perry was told that Field & Stream had a big fish contest, in which Perry later entered and won $75 worth of outdoor gear.
The bass was cleaned later that day and it fed a family of 6 for two nights straight!
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On July 2nd, 2009 Kurita set out to do some live bait fishing for bass. He caught some bluegills early, that he kept in his livewell, and used them for bait. Fishing next to a bridge piling where he had seen a large bass, Kurita cast a live bluegill towards the piling and waited. Shortly after the bluegill was in the water, Kurita sensed a bite and set the hook.
“The fish didn’t move” and the fight was on. After he had landed the fish he had no idea that it was potentially a world record, but he kept it in his livewell so that he could get a weight on a certified scale.
Later that day he weighed the fish, 22lbs 5oz.
Soon thereafter Kurita was questioned multiple times about the fish and more specifically about his fishing location. The bridge pilings that he was fishing were marked with signs that said “do not stop” so the question became, was this a legal catch.
If it was not a legal catch then the catch would have been all for not.
After the IGFA concluded an investigation which included lie detector tests and working with Japanese authorities, the catch was ruled legal and the tying record went into the books.
Probably considered the most famous bass of all time was a bass named Dottie that lived in Lake Dixon, California. She got her name by the unique black dot that was located just under her gill plate which made her noticeable even from above the surface of the water. She tops the list at number 4 on the all-time biggest bass ever caught.
On March 20th, 2006 she was caught by Mac Weakly while he was sight-fishing for the giant. Unfortunately, Weakly, who was using a white jig to catch her, accidentally foul-hooked the bass in the side of the head. Weakly stated that while fishing for the bass, he felt a “hard thump and he noticed that his white jig had disappeared,” all indications to the set the hook.
However, after he landed her he realized that she was hooked “outside of the mouth” and this would not be considered a leal catch and so he didn’t try to make the record official.
At the time that she was foul-hooked she was full of eggs and Weakly decided to go ahead and weigh her, she weighed and impressive 25 lb and 1 oz and would have shattered the record if it had been an official catch, but unfortunately it was not.
Big bass connoisseurs literally tried to catch Dottie every single year while she was still living but in 2008 she was found dead and the hunt for maybe the biggest bass that ever lived was over.
I wonder what the biggest bass on earth is? Anywhere. In any body of water. Never caught.
Definitely not a striped bass.
The japenese fish shouldn’t count because it was caught on live bait
Restin piece Dotty
I wish I could catch one of those
The fish was real, but it wasn't caught naturally because it was farm raised. So he basically cheated for $75 worth of fishing gear in the 30s.
Dottie was a giant spotted girl
Pre-spawn females should not be considered for record status.
As a 50 year bass fisherman, I love the IDEA that Perry's fish weighed 22lb+. But, let's be honest with ourselves here. There is a zero chance that fish legitimately weighed that much. Too many photos have been compared from 1000 different angles, even with the help of A.I. Kurita's and Weakley's fish totally dwarf Perry's fish. His bass was 15lbs at the absolute most.
I didn't know that they had largemouth bass in Japan. I can't help but think dude cheated
75 dollars in 1932 is 1.7k today
The black bass of Florida strain came from Mexico the northern bass came from Oklahoma done in the thirty’s California hybrids they get very large hardest to catch
Get your facts straight !!!!!! There are NO native Bass west of the rockies!
Who cares about legal catch lol
I believe that the Japanese grew this and illegally stalked and grew faster than normal as proof when dna showed it to be younger than it’s size
Btw he caught it with a live bluegill facts
The Japanese record is a invasive according to the Japanese government so ya invasive yes and that were that should end certification of that fish is a joke they'll never anything for anyone I know
Perry's fish probably lost some of it's actual weight due to dehydration. Karretta, in more modern environments admits holding his catch in a live well until the weigh-in and it would not have list any weight from dehydration. His fish was probably very fortunate to be included as equivalent to Perry's. A fish can lose several ounces of weight on a short period of time out of the water. The disappearance of Perry's fishing companion could very well have been because at the height of the "Great Depression" a lot of good honest folk, who were desperate to find their next meal, took up occasional employ in manufacturing, distribution, and or sales of home-made but illegal liquor, "Moonshine!" It is quite possible that the friend's "Revenoor" attracting trade affillation that a low profile was a better choice than exposing himself or his whereabouts, (Just Speculation) 😊😊😊.
I wish my ex mother n law would have registered hers, she was fartn around at a super small pond on some property she bought in Oklahoma and caught 24.4lb bass on a nightcrawler!!! I tried telling her it was a world record but she wasn't interested at all, just stoked she caught it!!! Oh well!!!!
Doubt it, directions were headed all the fresh water fish here will all be dead.
Lol 75 bucks for the biggest bass ever 😅
Not a tie 😂
How could it be a striped bass if they have a photograph of it?
a tie? thats a crock of sht.
My biggest bass is 16lbs i caught it in a cast net looking for shinners i measured it and let it go it was in a private lake .It was June of 89
Those are some huge fillets! Bass are one of my favorite fish. Great flavor that doesn’t need too much seasoning and not too boney. ❤
Those are some huge fillets! Bass are one of my favorite fish. Great flavor that doesn’t need too much seasoning and not too boney. ❤
Guys I'm a 11 year old kid and I almost caught a 27 pound bass I didn't catch it tho but it was on my line and I could definitely tell it was almost over 20 pounds
I need that creek chub lure
Why is it a tie? Because IGFA is total garbage. They will deny your submission for some really dumb reasons. Then when you actually break a record, they do some B.S. like this.
cool vid, I grew up fishing Dixon. So it's rad to see it being represented here.
GREAT TIMES W/GOOD BROTHERS ON THE SAME HUNT FOR DOTTIE AND A WORLD REC9RD TITLE ..
HOWEVER, ITS UNFORTUNATE THAT YOUVE OBVIOUSLY NOT DONE YOUR HOMEWORK TO CREATE THE VIDEO AND THATS A TERRIBLE FACT OF MATTER HERE. BECAUSE THE OWNER OF THE CREDIT AND THE NAMESAKE OF ITS SKILFULL LOCATEING & WRANGLING IS ( JED DICKERSON ) … I MYSELF WAS THE 1ST PERSON ON THE DOCK THAT MORNING TO VIEW HIS CATCH. I AWOKE TO MY PHONE RINGING W/JED ON THE OTHER END …. " DUDE GET UP HERE, I JUST CAUGHT THE WORLD RECORD…. STUNNED AND SO EXCITED I THREW ON MY PANTS & BOOTS AND WAS UP AT THE LAKE IN 20 MINS… JED STOOD THERE IN A TOTAL AWE STRUCK MOMENT .. NO ONE ELSE WAS W/HIM… AS WE WAITED FOR IGFA TO SCALE IT UP A TOTAL LIAR OF THE SPORT SHOWED UP AND I DIDNT EVEN ALLOW HIM TO COME ONTO THE DOCK. IM NOT A FAN OF HIS PERSONALY, HE STATED HE HAD CAUGHT HER YRS PRIOR WHEN SHE WAS 18LBS OR SO.. BUT THEN AGAIN, LONG WAE REPORTED TO HAVE FISH IN HIS LIVE WELL AT TOURNEYS IN THE SO CAL REGION PRIOR TO THE START OF COMPETITION. MAKEING MIKE LONG DECIETFULL. HES EVEN BEEN KNOWN TO DUMP BUCKETS OF CRAWDADS INTO POWAY LAKE AT NITE BEHIND BOUY LINES ON NITES JUST PRIOR TO FRED HALLS FIISHING SHOW IN SAN DIEGO… I WATCHED HIM DOING SO, EVEN CALLED HIM A CHEAT AT A DIFF SHOW AND HE JUST LEFT. ANYWAYS THE REAL STAR HERE IS JED AND HE DESERVES THE FULL CREDIT. FOUL HOOKED OR NOT, HE DEVOTED 1,000'S OF HOURS OF HIS TIME TO LEARNING HOW BASS DEVELOPE, SURVIVE & THRIVE IN LAKES W/PLANTED TROUT & ABUNDANT CRAWDAD AMIDST THE SMALL BIRDS DUCKS AND MINNOWS, FROGS AND MOTHS THEY FEED ON..
JEDS A SOLID DUDE W/A HUGE SKILLSET WHEN IT COMES TO BASS FISHING FOR WORLD RECORD SIZED BASS… AND THAT IS THE HYBRID (GORILLA) BASS – A CROSS BETWEEN FLORIDA-NORTHERN STRAINS..
I ALWAYS ADMIRED JED FOR HIS AIREAL MANUVERS WHILE OUT SURFING. BUT IT SHOWED ME HE MUST HAVE NOTICED ME PUT THERE SURFING W/HIM OR EDGEING MY WAY AROUND DIXON ON THAT SAME HUNT FOR THE WORLD RECORD, OR IDEV NEVER BEEN CALLED THAT MORNING BY JED TO COME UP & PERSONALY SEE HER AND BE THE ONLY OTHER ON THE PLANET BESIDES IGFA OFFICIAL TO LIP HER AND FEEL THE ENERGY AND WEIGHT OF THE WORLD RECORD & BIGGEST BASS EVER LANDED. BESIDES THE BATHROOM SCALE BASS CAUGHT UNOFICIALLY & ON A CLOSED LAKE DAY…
JED STANDS AS A PURE ELITE LEVEL BASS ANGLER & THE TOP OF THE LADDER POSITION OF THE B.A.S.S LUNKER CLUB AND TRUE BROTHER OF BOTH THE SALT AND THE CLEAR WATERS OF CALIFORNIA. WAY TO GO JED. MISS YA …
MACK WEEKLY IS JEDS RIGHT HAND BUDDY FOR SURE. BUT THAT MORNING IT WAS JEDS 5 OUGHT BASS MAG THAT ORIGINALY WAS SET IN DOTTIES MOUTH TO TURN HER HEAD.. SHE JUST SPIT HIM IN THE HOOKSET & HE STILL GOT A SOLID PIECE OF HER…. OHHHHHSHES ON THERE SONNN ….
Catching a record bass on bait shouldnt even be considered for a title lol should be only allowed by lures
How does a lake produce giant largemouth bass for a "short period of time"? Lol. Bass live to be up to like 20 years old i think man and I'm pretty sure the vast majority of their growing is done in the first 10 so whatever produced these fish must've happened longer ago than a "short period of time". Sounds like something happened that made these fish go to biting instead of staying away from lures like most of the monsters do once they get old and wise. Just like anything else over time they learn what can hurt them and stay away from it.
Are people really thinking that because 18lbs is the biggest caught in the area that a fish way bigger isn't lurking around somewhere? The way I see it is that back then there were waaay less people fishing and even less people targeting bass. In that day they were not seen as a sport fish yet so most people were either targeting catfish probably on the bottom with dead bait, or crappie for dinner using 6lb test and a bobber with a worn (potentially minnows too) 1' under the surface. So it is much less surprising to me to hear a record was blown out of the water 100 years ago than to hear about the same thing happening today, and it still happens today lol. One day someone is going to pull up a 500lb Wels catfish in Spain but that's a different story.
Who hasnt seen the Mike Long snagging bass story? If you haven't ever watched a documentary style video on it, its damn sure worth a watch! Dude had his PhD in lying and cheating! 😅
I put more credence in the Japanese man's catch versus something from back in 1932. Photos, lie detector tests from '32, nothing much as far proof/verification. The world record belongs to the Japanese fisherman.
That 2 ounce rule is bullshit. The fish is bigger. That should be the end of the matter
No way I live so close to Dixon never knew about that fish!
It's insane how a bass can reach 20 pounds
I love stories like this
The fish caught in Japan is in much more seasonal water, the growing season is far less in Japan than in the deep south of Georgia. Bass don't grow to those sizes in colder climates, but due to farming and feeding steroids to fish in the fishponds, larger then normal fish are caught. If steroids were available in the1920's and 1930's, perhaps the Georgia record would be closer to 50 lbs.
Sorry but I caught a 42 POUND bass its longer then 4 feet I never recorded it sorry 🙁
Live bait should be a different category.