World record bass announcement today

[lunkerbustin]

This is scary!!! This is from this month's Bassmaster Magazine:

"It's okay. I can catch a bigger one next year." -- Manabu Kurita's response to the question: "What if the IFGA does not certify your 22-5 largemouth as the new world record.

Kurita also explains that he lost a fish bigger than the record(s) earlier this year on a 12" 13oz Mother Swimbait. He believes it was in the 28 pound range!

That, my friends, is scary.

Agreed,wander if he needs a net man?

[DJD]

I always felt the Perry record was more a standard assigned by history than assigned by fact. The huge bass being caught in California are legit records in my book since they are weighed, photographed and witnessed with documented proof of the catch.

This latest world record catch has gone through the ringer to get approved/disproved and if it passes that test then its well deserved.

[Tim_T]

I always felt the Perry record was more a standard assigned by history than assigned by fact. The huge bass being caught in California are legit records in my book since they are weighed, photographed and witnessed with documented proof of the catch.

This latest world record catch has gone through the ringer to get approved/disproved and if it passes that test then its well deserved.

I have thought the same for a long time. If Perry's fish was handled now days like it was back then, it would have not stood the scrutiny. Btw, Doug Hannon agrees with us as well Don, so we must be right lol!