Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Biggest Largemouth Bass-world record caught by Manabu
Kurita
Lake
Biwa, Japan -- Japanese angler Manabu Kurita
,
32, caught a 22lb 5oz, 29 inches (10.12 kilograms and 73.5
centimeters) largemouth Bass, on Lake Biwa in the Shiga Prefecture
of Japan-setting the world record for the Biggest
Largemouth Bass
.
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This new world record for the Biggest
Largemouth Bass
is one ounce more than the previous
world record caught by George Perry in 1932: a 22-pound, 4-ounce
bass caught from Lake Montgomery in Georgia on June 2, 1932. 
Photo:
Mr. Kurita caught the fish using a Roman Made Mother which
it's a big wake bait; he caught the bass on a 7-foot, 1-inch
GLX G. Loomis worm & jig rod made by Deps, with a Shimano
Antares DC7 baitcasting reel.
Photos: courtesy ESPN/Bass
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Manabu Kurita
is sponsored by Deps, a
Japanese fishing tackle manufacturer.
The bass was caught in
Lake Biwa in the Shiga Prefecture of Japan. The huge lake,
spanning 259 square miles, serves as a water supply for the
cities of Kyoto and Otsu. It's home to trout, bass and a pearl
industry. It is Japan's largest lake and has been stocked
with Florida Strain largemouth bass.
Lake Biwa shocked the bass world a couple
years ago by producing a bass that was well over 18 pounds
(The Japan record was caught at Lake Ikehara, and weighted
over 19 pounds.).
A 25 1/2 lb. bass was caught as by catch
in a fisherman's net earlier this year, so many thought it
would be just a matter of time before a record size fish was
taken from Japan's largest (over 70 miles long) natural lake.
Japanese officials consider largemouths
a non-native, invasive species and are trying to get them
out of the lake. A 25-pounder reportedly was netted there,
and restaurants nearby serve bass on their menus.
The Lake Biwa fish is dead and frozen right now.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
