World Record Bass caught yesterday

[YELLOWXD]

Link tp web site check it out
http://www.sdfish.com/lakes/dixon/index.html

[Ted Stryker]

Bass not even half that size have gotten loose and made 50 year old Men cry... We've got them up to 16 lbs. here in LA, but there is a astronomical difference between having 16 lbs.'ers and 20++ pounders...I believe it to be the record, I think the top 10 Bass have all come from California... The old 22 lbs. 4 oz. George Montgomery record doesn't hold valid in my opinion, I'm very skeptical...

[YELLOWXD]

Hard to believe he fouled hooked it and got it in

[Lockjaw]

One of my friends foul hooked a big catfish in the side fishing a plastic worm, and I didn't think he would ever get it in.

I would have a cow if I caught something that big, I have lost some nice fish in a private pond, fish I have never even seen.

[pyro]

Direct link to the story without spam:
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/fishing/news/story?page=f_fea_bass_world-record_Weakley_25.1

[Fish]

Hard to believe he fouled hooked it and got it in

i was thinking the same thing. It would be hard enouht to get that thing to the boat being able to turn its head; foul hook it, and you got a fight.

[150aintenuff]

regardless on how it was hooked or the story behind it .. even if the scale isnt certified there is a large enough difference in the weights that its going to be a record fish for sure... an ounce or 2 ya could argue.. nearly 3 lbs... cant argue that... CONGRATS ARE IN ORDER FOR SURE!!!


NICE FISH

[Corona Mike]

That must be one stupid fish to be caught by the same groupe of fishermen/friends three times! Either the lake is reeeeel small or they have a nice pen she lives in! :eek: :D

[scfireman]

Maybe thats the place Barry Bonds has been dumping all his remaining steroids! Those bass have to be eating something good!:D

[1BadAction]

The old 22 lbs. 4 oz. George Montgomery record doesn't hold valid in my opinion, I'm very skeptical... yep, IMO that fish looked like it wasnt near the size of some of these gluttons that are over 20lbs.

[gfinch]

Dinky Lake Dixon+Calif/Florida bass+vitamin T(trout)= 25.1lbs

[natzx7]

It seemed like only a matter of time before a record bass came out of one of those resevoirs. Gee I wonder what next months Bassmaster will be about ?

[The Big Al]

By the rules he will not be awarded the record.

12:51 p.m. March 20, 2006

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Mac Weakley photo
Mike Winn shows off the 25-pound bass caught by Mac Weakley.

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>SAN DIEGO – Mac Weakley of Carlsbad caught what could be the world-record largemouth bass early Monday at Dixon Lake in Escondido.
The bass weighed 25 pounds, 1 ounce on a hand-held scale, which – if approved – would shatter the world record, the 22-pound, 4-ounce bass caught by George W. Perry at Montgomery Lake in Georgia in 1932.
The catch will have to be approved by the International Game Fish Association.
That may be a problem, however, because Weakley said he foul-hooked the fish – meaning the hook lodged below the dorsal fin on the fish's side, not in the fish's mouth.
Weakley was fishing with his longtime friends Mike Winn and Jed Dickerson. Dickerson caught a 21-pound, 11-ounce bass at the same lake in 2003.
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Update<LI class=columntext><SIDEBAR>Dixon Lake bass to get shot at world record (http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/outdoors/20060321-1100-bn21bass.html)</SIDEBAR> <HR noShade SIZE=1>From today's Union-Tribune
<SIDEBAR>Record* bass caught at Dixon (http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/outdoors/20060321-9999-1s21bass.html)</SIDEBAR>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- end:sidebar -->The men believe this is the same fish that Dickerson caught almost three years ago, and which was also caught by another fisherman as a 20-pounder in 2001. They said the fish has the same identifying black dot under its right gill plate. Weakley released the fish after taking pictures and videos of the weigh-in. But he did not take measurements of the fish, which also may be a problem when it comes to the game fish association approving it as a record catch.

[RedAllison]

That MORON should NOT get the record. First off that bozo probably just broke or at least dislocated that fishes jaw. You CAN'T hold a fish over 10#s without also holding her by the gut or tailbase. Much less one over 20!!! :mad:

Secondly foul hooking besides being illegal in tournaments (he wasn't fishing in a tournament) is unsporting and if this fish is allowed (they claimed it was "accidental", yeah right!) the IGFA will be putting a DEATH WARRANT on every big fish in southern CA. Those lakes are very very clear and you can see them in 20' of water. But catching them (ethically) is another matter. By accepting a "fouler" they are going to cause more problems than solved.

If that fish is found floating soon that guy will be MUD!!!
RA

[pyro]

I think by "foul-hooked", they mean the fish hits the bait, but misses and gets hooked in the gill or somewhere other than the mouth. Did he actually "snag" the fish?

[YELLOWXD]

Right Pyro the fish probably went for the bait and turned the article says was hooked behind the fin witch means it probablty turned on the bait and got snagged. If the guy was cheating he probably would have never admitted to being foul hooked. As far as recatching the same fish is weird I have been going down to Florida fishing for the last cople years at the Stickmarsh. The guys there will tell you it is not odd at all to catch the same fish over and over.

[RedAllison]

The lake is only 70 acres so it would be possible to find that fish twice in a couple of years. MY family has a 25 acre lake in northern MS that was built specifically for bass fishing (stocked and even the structure was placed/modified for optimum conditions) and we have tagged fish that were later caught again. A bass is a predator and with their attitude you CAN piss them off into striking.

BUT read the story on this trip. There were three guys in the boat (including the one that caught it previously) and the guy who caught the fish saw the male bass (they rarely get over 5#s those larger are females) take his lure on the bed. So he set the hook, it wasn't in the males' mouth so it then went into the female and became stuck under her dorsal fin. It is also on video tape (one of the other guys had a camcorder) so it would be impossible to claim it WASN'T foul hooked unless they destroyed the tape and agreed to lie about it.

There own story just doesn't prove that he caught the fish properly. He was under the impression another fish had hit the bait so he yanked on it and accidentally hooked the sow, which obviously is a foul hook. If the IGFA recognizes this fish they WILL be signing death warrants for other trohpy bass in clear waters. Some bozos with treble hooks can snag them, make up whatever story they want and then they "have their trophy". The fish will be the ones to pay the price.

It has taken 75 years to find a fish this big, but we all knew it was coming. I don't think anyone seriously doubted that the next world record would come from southern CA. Their growing season, realitively light pressure (which I suspect just ended Monday afternoon!) and the stocked trout are what make those lakes "mega producers". But to have the record possibly "broken" like this and to set a dangerous precident for the fish (recognizing a foul hook) is just no IMHO the way it should be done.

But it's all about money and the IGFA is proabably thinking about all the publicity they would be getting over a new worlds record largemouth bass (easily the most recognized record in fishing) I suspect that the "human factor" will take over and the end result will be the fish paying the price!!! :(
RA

[THE HOGG]

I Cant Find My Igfa Rule Book Right Now But If I Remember Right It States That The Fish Must Not Be Foul Hooked.

[150aintenuff]

even if it isnt officially counted by IGFA the fact that a 25.1 lb bass was caught goes to show that it is broken it may be entered atleast into the guiness book because it was caught allbiet foul hooked with rod and reel.. it just wont have the true prestige that a properly hooked fish would.. but it should be recognised atleast in some form..