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Man ties record for biggest largemouth bass

Fri Jan 8, 2010 5:17 PM EST
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Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by the International Game Fish Association shows Manabu Kurita of Aichi, Japan holding his July 2, 2009 record catch, a largemouth bass caught on Lake Biwa,Japan's largest lake. After nearly six months of waiting, he taking his place along side another angler, as dual holders of the All-Tackle record for largemouth bass each weighing 22 lb 4 oz and caught 77 years apart. (AP Photo/International Game Fish Association)

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— A man was being credited with tying the 77-year-old world record for catching the biggest largemouth bass. The International Game Fish Association announced Friday that it had confirmed the 22-pound, 4-ounce fish caught by Manabu Kurita. The Florida-based group said Kurita caught the fish July 2 on Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake.

Kurita's fish tied the record of George Perry, who caught his bass on Georgia's Montgomery Lake on June 2, 1932.

Kurita used 25-pound test line and a live blue gill as bait.

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In this undated photo provided by the International Game Fish Association shows Manabu Kurita of Aichi, Japan holding his July 2, 2009 record catch, a largemouth bass caught on Lake Biwa,Japan's largest lake.

Once again AP mistakes the news from another county as "us news"

  • 3 votes
Reply#1 - Fri Jan 8, 2010 6:17 PM EST
Rob Vukovic

Once again AP mistakes the news from another county as "us news"

I'm having a massive attack of Bass envy and you're whining about the AP mislabeling a fish story. You need a real life!

  • 6 votes
#1.1 - Sat Jan 9, 2010 1:48 AM EST
MrFrost

By golly that's a big fish right there....<spit>

  • 1 vote
#1.2 - Sat Jan 9, 2010 1:26 PM EST
Phuggy

That sure looks like a woman to me. NOT the fish, the person holding it.

  • 3 votes
#1.3 - Sat Jan 9, 2010 3:02 PM EST
jamithy1

phuggy

I THOUGHT THE SAME THING!!!

  • 3 votes
#1.4 - Sat Jan 9, 2010 4:13 PM EST
Justme-517872

There is just something not quite right.....all right...seriously....who really caught that fish??

    #1.5 - Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:45 AM EST
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    AutoTechDude

    I want to know how long he fought that big S O B! Nice catch!

    • 4 votes
    Reply#2 - Fri Jan 8, 2010 6:53 PM EST
    Rob Vukovic

    I want to know how long he fought that big S O B! Nice catch!

    They aren't showing the double tap from a S&W 357 behind the Bass' ear.

    • 5 votes
    #2.1 - Sat Jan 9, 2010 12:41 PM EST
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    Llambo

    Catch and release would have impressed me. This does not.

    • 3 votes
    Reply#3 - Fri Jan 8, 2010 7:42 PM EST
    Dennis Kemmerer

    Mmmm, dinner!

    • 2 votes
    Reply#4 - Fri Jan 8, 2010 8:58 PM EST
    patrick4rent

    omg ,so large. give me as lunch & dinner lol

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    • 3 votes
    Reply#5 - Fri Jan 8, 2010 11:15 PM EST
    insectlogig

    Only about 21 pounds over my record.

    • 5 votes
    Reply#6 - Fri Jan 8, 2010 11:27 PM EST
    Fulcrum

    Wow, I would have thought the new record would come from a reservoir in California, the got 20 lb'er galore out there

    • 2 votes
    Reply#7 - Fri Jan 8, 2010 11:27 PM EST
    Rob Vukovic

    Ojai Reservoir in San Diego once produced the record Bass I believe.

    • 4 votes
    #7.1 - Sat Jan 9, 2010 1:49 AM EST
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    Kim-298921

    Great fish. Fugly hair!

    • 3 votes
    Reply#8 - Sat Jan 9, 2010 12:05 AM EST
    Dave in Ma.

    I caught a 8.5 oz, largemouth at the pond near my house but I think this one in the picture is a plant in the pond. I wish this site would let you post pictures, at least in parts of the site anyway.

    AMacarthur can we get a thread like 'PHOTO FRIDAY" to post " photos live? Is there a work around? Like "snapfish.com or other photo saving sites" or would that be advertising for the sites?

    • 2 votes
    Reply#9 - Sat Jan 9, 2010 1:18 AM EST
    Fulcrum

    Dave

    You can post pics in articles that you write.

    • 3 votes
    #9.1 - Sat Jan 9, 2010 1:24 AM EST
    Dave in Ma.

    Yes I know that but I would like to post pic's in response to some articles like "photo Friday".

    • 1 vote
    #9.2 - Sat Jan 9, 2010 2:39 AM EST
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    R. Donald Snyder

    I don't even know him...and I hate him!

    • 3 votes
    Reply#10 - Sat Jan 9, 2010 1:54 AM EST
    DaVoH

    I don't even know him...and I hate him!

    Of course you do...

    • 1 vote
    #10.1 - Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:26 AM EST
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    Asheville Jack

    With the right agent this guy could be a millionaire. I wonder if he knows?

    • 3 votes
    Reply#11 - Sat Jan 9, 2010 9:42 AM EST
    Thunder Storm

    Sushi anyone?

    I live close to Table Rock Lake, Bull Shoals and on Lake Taneycomo in Branson, going to the Bass Pro Shop in Springfield, MO is a religious experience.

    The new smaller one at Branson Landing is just okay.

    Long live the BASS!

    • 1 vote
    Reply#12 - Sat Jan 9, 2010 9:19 PM EST
    Kprikpak

    Please tell me where the fish is at the moment.

      Reply#13 - Sun Jan 10, 2010 7:14 AM EST
      Rob Vukovic

      Please tell me where the fish is at the moment.

      I would imagine the guys is keeping it in his b@!$%# close to his trouser trout.

      • 2 votes
      #13.1 - Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:43 PM EST
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      xuexiaoling520Deleted
      dAt crAzy bOk

      I think the fish was using FGH (Fish Growth Hormone) to get bigger.

        Reply#15 - Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:57 PM EST
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