WORLD RECORD LARGEMOUTH BASS // The Biggest Bass Ever Caught
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- 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’d cry if I snagged a 25lb bass and couldn’t officiate it
I wouldn’t. It’s almost worth not officiating it because the fish will almost guaranteed die
@@iamdad916 what are you on?
@@iamdad916 what? What does getting a fish weighed have to do with it dying? They have live wells for a reason
@@swampchickenfxr779 you don’t know what you’re talking about.
@@makeorwellfictionagain3553 it’s dorks like you that probably put 4 lbers in the live well and save them for pictures later. I’m coming from a conservation stand point there’s been cases where after officiating the weight after all the driving and stress the fish don’t make it. Don’t take my word for it do your own research kook
Weekly is a man of integrity. I cant imagine most people not trying to claim dotty as a legal catch
He got a great experience tho! I’ve fished that same lake for big bass and it is one of the hardest places I’ve fished.
That's a level of integrity that is nearly extinct
He definitely would have if he knew he wouldn’t get caught. But having hooked in the head can’t really hide that lol
He was not a man of integrity, He had eye witnesses all around him that saw him snag the fish. Otherwise I'm sure he would have claimed it as a world record.
@@FishNFoolLures Totally agreed. There is no difference between Mac Weakly and Mike Long. Why is it that Mac got the "Walk of Fame" and Mike got the "Walk of Shame"?
I'm going to assume that the one that was caught earlier was bigger when it was first caught because I guarantee he didn't have a live well to keep the bass at a healthy weight. It was probably dead by the time he put it on the scale. It may have been over 23 when it was first caught. Crazy to think about.
I was thinking the same thing. Fish always lose weight when they are out of the water.
Point...
Agree 100%
I agree
Frfr
Perry used a bamboo pole, he wins.
@Logan Penny True. However the possibility is the scale could err either way meaning the fish could have weighed more.... The most important thing to consider is Perry cought his fish during Prohibition so he caught his fish without a cold beer or three which is unimaginable.
There were steel rods back then too.
@Logan Penny dude an ounce has weighed an ounce for thousands of years
Nope Perry's was weighed on certified mail scales at the local post office.
They were the original “flippers”. In my state it is called Doddle socking.
I wonder how man "stumps" I've hooked into. 🤦🏻♂️
$75 in fishing gear.. that would be a $1 million fish today.
........@Rob Hand.......Nah, the standing reward/purse for the new world record Largemouth is 8 million dollars plus around 12 different endorsements that could be worth 10 million dollars a year.....If I caught a 23lb Bass I would never get to spend any of that money because I'm sure I would have a fatal heart attack right then and there!
@@donaldjohnson257 hahaha! I bet lol
75 dollars wasn’t a million today but still a lot.
@@EasyModeFishing......It wasn't cash money, just $75.00 of their fishing
equipment and gear. Course if it had been cash he probably would
have spent it on fishing gear! That 75 dollars is worth about 1,500 today! Today's prize is $8,000,000 plus about 10 million more in
endorsements from various companies which is a lot of money but
think about how much attention and publicity the endorsing companies
get! That 22 pounder was caught 89 years ago and people still talk
about it!
Its 1,400 dollars in todays money
Caught my first DD two years ago. It wasn't a 20lbs monster, but I don't think I'll be able to top 14.6 for a while.
You’re lucky. I haven’t caught a bass over 2 pounds in over a year. 😔
I caught a 3 that’s my biggest
@@stealth_titanyt3339 lol same
@@goobygoober_69 I haven’t caught a bass over 3 in the last 5 years
@@briansewelloutdoors8404 😔
ahh the story of dotty still brings tears to my eyes
Dotty was raised from F1 Hybrid stock and in my opinion would not have had the same meaning as a pure northern large mouth like Perry's
Regardless of the circumstances Wheatley caught the world record
He ate it dang
It will be broken
@@riclindsey329 the bass was pregnant tho so thats adds a few lb
I don't think many records would be broken nowadays without technology. They should have BASS and other tournaments without any type of electronics. That is what makes you a true fisherman in my opinion.
Indeed. The front facing sonars is some real BS. Anyone that uses that doesn't deserve to be in the record book IMO. Anyone that caught a record before those were available is at a huge disadvantage.
I was saying the same thing a couple weeks ago. Electronics are ruining fishing.
You are absolutely right.its all about technology today,I can't imagine using sonar or fish finders.i stick to just poles,lures and my experience from time on the water.
Perry's bass has some big lumps visible in its belly.i can't imagine a bass that big.
That’s 💯
I’ve been fishing many times in Lake Biwa for more than 25 years plus and I’m certain that there are much bigger fish than the one Manabu Kurita caught in 2009.
i have a river behind my house loaded with good size largemouth that i feed nightcrawlers and frogs, they are so used to me when i step on the deck they swim over to me opening and closing their big bucket mouths so i know they are there waiting, did not realize bass could be trained to take food from my hand until today, i guess they do have a memory
But on Fucking live bait, it dont get no easier than live bait, Why not have someone stand in 3 ft of water and throw the fish in the Boat when you go by, I mean really, and if Lake Biwa has bigger fish than that, How come its been 90 years since George Perry caught his, i mean Bass Fishing as big in Japan as it is here .......Jus saying..... Ive never heard of world record fish coming out of Japan, NOT, and there not that good at baseball, Go Braves!
RIP to the guy in California that hooked a 25 pounder outside of the mouth.
I’ve watched that video so many times. And the worst part is. The bass died so he can’t ever catch it
@@beedoubleoh959 no way !!!
@@samschetter3847 ikkk it’s so sad
Ole Dotty
That is just asssss bro
wow imagine feeding a family of 6 for two nights with a large moth bass lol??? I'm sure they ate smaller portions back then but that's still super impressive
Perry is the 🐐. Fishing to provide for his family and caught a world record
Those F1 hybrids are gnarly. Length of a Florida strain with the girth of a northern strain !
Made the ca delta an awesome fishery 👍
Thats awesome. I need to get out there some day!
Florida intergrades aren’t just found in Cali, they are present in the panhandle of Florida as well.
@@nickleback3695 They are in Lake Chickamuaga in Tennessee as well have a replica of one I caught 1 1/2 years ago 11.9 lbs
F1 bass can also be found in Arbuckle Lake Oklahoma.
@@nickleback3695......These small to medium size lakes in South Georgia and North Florida are turning out huge Bass and just might produce the next record. It's not far from where Perry caught the Biggun in 1932. There are also reports the next record might come out of Cuba!
I know where to break it and hope to do so this winter 👍🏻
That’s gonna make for an epic video! Can’t wait to see it
Shouldn't have said that. Now everyone is gonna follow you. Lol
I was just watching your biggest 5 fish bag I got a good feeling about you beating the record man!
Lol, you silly Husker. I'm rooting for you, 100%
That's awesome I hope it happens
Nice video. Well done!! What's interesting to me is that Manabu Kurita said that there were two bass next to each other and the world record that he hooked, was actually the smaller of the two fish. Can you imagine?😁
Thank you for researching and sharing all that information. You answered a lot of questions that I had surrounding those events. I enjoyed listening to your narration and the photos.
The fish caught in 1932 must have been even bigger than 22 lb 4 oz. Think about all the weight loss due to stress!
And dying, you bet that bass had been dehydrating for a while before it ever hit a scale.
@@donaldmartin4980......True.....supposedly, the fish was out of water more than six hours by the time they got it to the small Georgia Post Office for the official weight!
True
And also I wonder if the Japanese guy had the bass eat the blue gill. That would have added a little bit of weight also
@@farmboygamer7877 I’m sure the bluegill would’ve fell off.
Fishing history. You got my sub.
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Crazy I have about 6 of each lure still in the packages on the boat before I go anywhere. With 20 lines rigged min. And Perry goes out with one rod and one lure and catches the world record.
......@Phil Como.....Yeah, they had to share the one reel....they were very poor and it was in the early days of the depression....He was portrayed as a hick but he had the good sense to take the fish to a post office for an official weight. And then he went home and fed his family for almost three days......No way in hell that fish was going on a wall!!
@@donaldjohnson257only had one lure also
Great video 🤟🏼 RIP Dotty
There is no way that is a striper. You can very clearly tell that the fish was a LMB.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who can plainly see that. It’s not even the same shape as a stripper 🤦♂️
This was a very good informative video, it randomly popped up on my feed and I’m glad that it did
The record breaker was in Montgomery lake in Georgia. It's only about 45 minutes from where I live. May not have any bass over 15 pounds in my private lake, but my Pb was pushing 12 pounds about 6 years ago. Since then, I haven't caught anything over 5 pounds
Awesome documentary...for a long time I though the largest bass was around 19 3/4 lbs...now forty years later the internet has changed my mind...amazing stuff
If you guys could only see the area were perry caught that bass, barely bigger than a creek, bamboo pole then later ate it. He is the goat
Definitely
Us real bass fisherman hearing that the guy ate the world record bass
me: Bruhh
*gaywater* fishing aka *bassholes* if you sincerely take freshwater fishing over saltwater and think freshwater is better than you haven’t saltwater fished enough😂😂
@@eastcoastoutdoors902 ikr
Eating anything over 5 should be illegal
@@uwijsmssmsms9925 Any bass period should be illegal they are a game fish. If your hungry go eat some catfish or go hit up the ocean
Bass taste so good. 7:58 that’s a nice looking stringer. 🤤
Imagine how much weight the Perry bass lost before it made it to the post office to be weighed? 1932 there were no livewells, no ice, nothing to keep it from drying up. It probably was laying in the back of a model T truck in the Georgia sun in the summertime.
I love stories like this
That's a great history. Thanks for sharing🤙
in the late 70s, a fisheries biologist scuba diving in a southern californai lake, casitas i think, and took a pic of a bass he estimated to weigh 28 to 30 lbs. amazing!
I wonder how much weight Perry's bass lost from the lake, to the grocery store, then to the post office.
That 2 ounce rule is bullshit. The fish is bigger. That should be the end of the matter
That bugged me out too 😂
The world record should only count if the fish is caught in it’s native waters. they’re not native in Japan they were brought there.
Interesting video Ty, thanks for sharing.
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. ❤
Karitos wasnt as simple as just “seeing a big bass” at the bridge, he had been going and feeding them live bluegills for a while so they got used to his boat. It was a process that lead up to the catch
True. Shouldn't even be an official record.
Sam definitely should still be a official record. I was just saying he put in more work then just going out one day and stumbling uponnit
@@michaelmusket9109 Feeding a sportfish to gain size and ease catchability is not ethical. No different than baiting Deer.
@@assholebynature888 I agree completely! If that’s the case I can clean my pond out and put a couple bass in it and feed them till their the size I want and catch it and it would be a record.
@@dannyb3177 nope. For a record it has to come out of public waters.
My take away from this video is that I'm going fishing on June 2nd every year.
Still 25 pound largemouth bass being the biggest was still caught even if it wasn't considered to be "official" because of the way it was hooked.
The biggest largemouth I caught was 5 1/2 pounds.
And I got a picture of it on my instagram.
I am not only aiming to beat my pb, I am also aiming to top the 25 pounder.
I plan on doing this in Texas fyi.
won't happen in Texas
@@WillAnderson3rd topping 25 pounds probably not, but world record? Maybe. IF it were to happen here in the lone star state, my guess is it would come out of either Fork or OH Ivie. My bets on Cali, Mexico and Texas, in that order. She’s gotta be out there swimming around minding her own business, but lord knows she’s gonna be a tough one to fool if she can get THAT big
Mississippi and Texas have the better bass and crappie fishing over any place I've visited. 3 lb is basically an average crappie depending on your location
@@WillAnderson3rd I caught a over 25 pound bass in caste net and a 19 pounder on a kid pole at joe pool lake I put it in my pond
Long live George Perry
Great video man. Thanks for putting it together 👍
This is the third video I’ve watched here and you got my subscription with it. Great stuff HQ!!
TyBerger is legit msn. Favorite fishing CC on YT by far for me.
Catches world record, proceeds to eat it
I caught a trophy crappie when I was little and didnt even know what it was
I did that with a 5lb 6oz bass (pb, I dont fish a ton)
Man you did a great video on this liked your show already but really liked the way you explain and used your knowledge very good my man
Thanks brother, I plan on doing a lot more in the future
Perry definitely wins 🏆 looks at the difference in tackle
My man 👍
Jfc I never knew they lie detector tested dude, that's intense
My dad caught a world record hammerhead in 1973 in Nicaragua then couldn’t officiate it due to the lack of knowledge of the locals and no certified scale. It was 23ft long
Awesome love bass fishing my some of the biggest bass I've caught have been by shore or close to
Thanks for watching!
I always wonder if thiers been 30lbers that just never been caught, especially back in the day
On Pond #4 and Pond #13 in Fort Stewart, Ga. Those two are on Base, hold several world record LMB.
Those ponds are very large and are Prehistoric.
Another one is called, Loch Loosa in Florida. It's also Prehistoric, and like Those above, holds Huge LMB.
Points of Controversy = Jealousy
That fish looks like it's been snaged with a treble hook a bunch of times. 😅 that are its been beding in some real rough terrain.
This was such a dope video, can you make one for smallmouth and spotted bass
Yes, I will look into those for sure!
Im gonna stick with the guy that has documentation with video.
Thanks for sticking around!!
I caught a 3lb bass today and it was my pb!
hard work paid off Ty
People complaining what's considered a world record or not would be the same ones complaining if they won't given the title if they caught one of these monsters.
Dope video man! Would love to see you do more.
Plan on doing more in the future! Thanks for watching!
Imagine the knot you’d have to tie to hold a 22 pound bass
Let alone the 25 pounder. 😂
The knot of the gods.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.
Knot a knot I know ? Someone should ask about what knots they used. Good information to have. And what line too.
Still watch this video in awe
No bullshit. Some guy in San Jose California caught a 25lb bass. It was about 34 inches long. Caught on a Kvd crank bait.. he posted the pictures on fish brain and the whole community went crazy telling him what he had caught . He didn’t even care. Said he fishes for fun and just catches and release. true story! it’s awesome.
Cant find anything about this on google. Sources?
@William Brooks Probs not true :(
Cared enough to weigh it and measure it.
For everyone in Missouri at the bass pro at Springfield we all remember that one largemouth that held the record in Missouri.
Big Bertha.
Sorry but Perry's story is so much more colorful! I mean fishing for food. Homemade boat. Sharing a rod and reel with only one lure in the boat. If a photo I saw was correct it was a pretty basic set up as compared to todays modern gear. I know the facts of the Bass have been questioned but the story seems pretty credible given the year.
I agree
@@beybladerkid5489.......Plus the Postmistress verified it all!
To think the biggest bass ever lived at Dixon! 🤯🤯 I still see 10lbs plus bass swimming around when I go trout fishing.
I just went for trout recently too and still see some biggins near the sand bar
Trout eaters get HUGE.
@@assholebynature888protein
I lived in Garret for 10 years. Creek chubs are still highly collected.
What if he released it? Would bass average 20 ish pounds?
Nice, very interesting Tyler.
Thanks for watching Ivan!! I appreciate it
They fact that we all cast and never thought that the world record could’ve looked at our lure..
That Japanese angler looks Stoked 😂 happy for him haha
The open mouth shot at 2:11, is this of Perry's fish??
It can't be. The narrator earlier in the video said there was only one photograph of the fish, the one with his son. But it shows the size of that bass! Bigger then the kid!
Great video. Thanks for these
Thanks for watching!!
Awesome stories. Thanks for sharing
Great Story telling bud 👌
Awesome video thanks for the information 👍
Great video thank you!!!!!
No way I live so close to Dixon never knew about that fish!
Excellent video! I remember reading and hearing about dotty (sp?). I live in Fl and have caught many just under 10lbs. Exposing the creation of F1 hybrids was very cool👍
Great stuff. Thank you.
We lived off of the small mouth my dad caught out of the Columbia river when I was a kid.
Off topic but those crocs are huge on you
Clearly not a Striper. That’s the GOAT bass.
I just moved from Escondido CA to Alabama last summer. . I miss fishing at Dixon Lake. They got a couple of pictures 📸 of Dotty the Bass there. Caught my PB @9lbs there 3 years ago. Seen many young anglers 13-17yr old teens get double digit Bass there.
i live in japan and can’t wait to go fishing in biwa lake. pressure around tokyo/chiba area is crazy high but is not rare to catch big bass in small dams or irrigation ponds.
That is so awesome, crazy to this someone in Japan watched the video. Thanks for watching!
Always wished to visit Japan. Traditional Goby fishing is on my bucket list.
@@assholebynature888 you should, wish i could get into the traditional herabuna fishing but i am already spending all of my money on bass equipment :D
I strongly recommend that you do some research on the lake beforehand. People say it's quite tough to catch a bass from the shore.
Wish you a great trip. Good luck!
@@4123456789 thank you for the info, my japanese is pretty rusty so have to do some deeper reseach :D
I’ve been to Montgomery Lake. It’s just an old ox bow off the Ocmulgee River. In fact in the dry summer it can dry up almost completely.
So all the hogs that were in there are probably dead then. Unless the river feeds it.
@@triggerwarning5911 no just when the river is high it feeds the oxbow. Bluegill usually bed in the oxbow lakes. Some summers they stay full others they dry up completely. Also, mullet run up river during the summer. I imagine Perry’s bass was full of little bluegill or mullet.
Just wanted to let you know how impressed and delighted I was to watch your video. Great job 👏 You did something so spectacular and at the same time kept it simple! Congratulations and way to go! Sieg Taylor “All time 16 Bass Four day total of 94 lb 11oz. Source: Clearlake FLW Everstart - exactly 16 years ago today! Fish Out Loud!
Thanks 😊
Dude I love this video! I've watched it 3 times already haha. Just subbed and even started my own channel!
Very cool video sir thanks for posting.
Great video friend. Thanks for the info.
The Japan Bass was wet right out of the live well and weighted that instant. The weight was quote ' 22 lbs. 4.97 ozs. The old U.S
record of ' 22 lbs. 4 ozs. was weighted DRYED hours after the caught, easily looseing 4 to 8 ozs. So no one needs to say Japan's bass was bigger. So there.
psh. 25 1 "dottie" is by far the largest bass ever recorded aka caught weighed photographed released. doesnt matter it was hooked outside of the mouth. you are lying to yourself believing in a 22.4 record of any kind. someone will always bring up dottie being nearly 3 pounds heavier in literal fact. makes the whole record a joke.
Good report brother
Buddy and I were fishing last night for cat and a HUGE bass was feeding close to the bank by us I unfortunately didn't bring my tackle suitable to catch her but im going tomorrow to try and get her she was the biggest one I've ever seen in person, and in a river on top of that.
Lake Biwa is a mustttttt!
A new record could come out of Lake Fork in Texas this coming spring.
The lure that Mr Perry caught the 22 pound 4 oz. Resembles the Hybrid hunter, Strike King lure of today.
Yeah that was cool information good job good job.
What I think is that if it's a hybrid mix of bass it shouldn't be able to be counted ass a world record it should be only pure largmouth strains not no f1 hybrids or and hybrids is the way I see it just my opinion
I feel the same..its like tweeking the rules in the middle of the game..A pure strain should only be counted..and I bet that dudes in 1932 was an original bass strain lol
Like I said down south top water great catch
Ok. I call BULLSHEET the fact that Dotting could be "Recognized from above" by a spot that is LITERALLY under the fish... but, anyway...
I mean if you saw a 25 lb bass you could easily know which one it is. Even a 10lber would be dwarfed by it
Yeah that’s rubbish. I thought the same thing.
great work on the video!
Me watching this jus praying I can catch a 10lb one 😂