That bass became famous as “Dotty” for the small dot the bass had on its belly that was like a birth mark that identified it had been caught a few times over the years by a few different anglers. However, because that bass was not hooked in the mouth while sight fishing, it was not allowed to be certified as the world record. Then to muddy the waters even further, there was a bass that weighed way more than both of those bass that was caught out of a small Lake Dixon in California in March of 2006 by trophy bass hunter Mac Weakley that weighed 25.1 pounds. The confusion with the record largemouth bass comes because after so many years of there just being the one entry for George Perry’s 22-pound, 4-ounce largemouth bass caught out of Montgomery Lake in Georgia in 1932, another 22-pound, 4-ounce bass was caught out of Lake Biwa in Japan by angler Manabu Kurita in 2009. I viewed enough sites with completely inaccurate and flat out wrong information when searching for big bass myself, I decided to clear the confusion up because there is so much bad information on these sites claiming to have articles on the biggest bass ever caught. There is a bit of confusion it appears around the biggest largemouth bassever caught. While the world record smallmouth bass and world record spotted bass really don’t have any mystery around them. So as anglers, it’s always interesting to see where the high bar has been set for fish catches like the biggest bass ever caught in the world. And, in some special locations, the chance at catching a world record bass is possible. The chance of catching a state record is always there. The allure of catching a giant bass keeps us coming back trip after trip and venturing out into the unknown on stormy, rainy, windy days.
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