Now THAT is a BIG Bass!

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Manabu Kurita of Japan ties 77-year old largemouth bass world record

Posted by Mark Yuasa

Word has just come out from the International Game Fish Association [IGFA] Headquarters in Dania Beach, Fla. that the world record for largemouth bass has been tied by Manabu Kurita of Aichi, Japan.
"This record has been on everybody's radar for a substantial amount of time [and] we received the record back in Sept. 19," the IGFA Conservation Director Jason Schratwieser said in a news conference this morning [Jan. 8].
"We are pleased to announce that this record has been formally accepted, and does tie George Perry for the all-time record for largemouth bass."
The largemouth bass ties the record held for over 77 years by Perry caught on Georgia's Montgomery Lake, back on June 2, 1932 near Jacksonville, Georgia. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ht...010742881_the_largemouth_bass_world_reco.html

... That is a big fish no matter where it is... though I would've thought that the Largemouth species would be genetically different in Japan as opposed to the American species. Hmm... or has someone transplanted the fish to Japan? Either way a BIG fish story indeed.