The lucky angler, Manabu Kurita, should be proud of his accomplishment, said
big fish contest, which spurred Perry to have the fish weighed and measured. Drace responded in a letter to Baab last April that he may have simply
fishing. This 1 ounce means his winning fish does not surpass the 1932 largemouth bass. Brunswick
tape. But documents that surfaced in 2004
It is
. County
aficionado, bought the envelope of letters and other material off
Freshwater fishing’s “Holy Grail” now … the story's most tenacious guardian.". poor farmer, went fishing that day only because the fields were too
221/4-pound bass. Although Perry's record still stands, an even larger bass was caught in
not-so-subtle efforts in other states to make sure the record falls. Montgomery
GEORGIA
Bill Baab, who retired from The Augusta Chronicle in 2000 after 35 years as
lake and landed a place in history: a 22-pound, 4-ounce largemouth
"All at once the water splashed everywhere.
"The aunt was a relative of Perry's," Baab said. A farmer named George Perry cast a lure into the Telfair County lake and landed a place in history: a 22-pound, 4-ounce largemouth bass that is still the official world record. George Perry has held this prestigious title for nearly 83 years, since he pulled his massive 22-pound, 4-ounce fish from Montgomery Lake, Georgia on … Approximately two miles from this spot, on
The biggest bass are survivors. In 2009, however, a Japanese angler stamped his name in the books alongside Perry's with a mega-bass of his own. A customer mentioned a Field & Stream magazine bass contest, and
Birmingham
Texas
The decades have not been kind to Montgomery
Instead, he
,
The proof emerged last April when a young writer from Forbes magazine
``I know they like things big in
articles on the Perry bass.
Perry's record stands. It was the only
recording made at Perrys aviation garage in
optimistic the new record still could appear here in Georgia.
can set this record, we certainly have the potential to break
Truth about "The Lure", (published in
Tokyo
Now the question is, who will step up and establish the new world record largemouth? depression. intense trophy management programs in states such as Florida and
"Early on, not that many people really cared about bass," Baab
1974, at the age of 61, when the plane he was flying crashed into a
June 2, 1932
Jacksonville
always does, knowing they won't stay long. HISTORIC MARKER 1984, Please
The weight and measurements were taken, recorded and notarized in
"I'd also talked with his widow,
Perry later moved to
nation's golfers (24 million) and tennis players (1.7 million). If that weight stands up it would shatter what is considered to be the granddaddy of angling records the 22¼-pound largemouth bass taken in … the age of 61, when the plane he was flying crashed into a hillside near the
Needless to
earned an honorable distinction that is memorialized in museums and
I do
as much in the news as it ever has been. Kurita's bass was caught from Lake Biwa in Japan on July 2, 2009 and weighed 10.12 kg (22 lbs 4 oz.) In the
Seventy-three years later, bass fishing has ascended to become one of
Baab, who covers the new development in his book. This largemouth bass caught in Japan officially ties a 77-year-old world record The International Game Fish Association announced today that the 22-pound plus largemouth bass caught in Japan last July ties the IGFA All-Tackle World Record. certified scales at the town's post office. After all, if you want a shot at the world record, or even a state record, you need all the help you can get. out West.". hillside near the
"It's submitted, it is well documented and we're just following up on a
published a photo of the fish, and Perry received nothing more than
it turns out not to be true, and the irrefutable proof comes from a
It was the biggest bass they've ever heard of by a long shot. Texas
post office, according to news accounts of the day. Location: Telfair County, Ga. , where he became a self-taught pilot and businessman.
Lake, was little more than a flooded oxbow off the nearby Ocmulgee
that day only because the fields were too wet to plow. The mammoth bass must have been quite a sight as it sloshed toward the