Bass Fishing World Records

[Tennesseejugger]

Bass Fishing World Records


Largemouth Bass - 22 pounds 4 ounces - Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan and Montgomery Lake, Georgia, USA
Smallmouth Bass - 11 pounds 15 ounces - Dale Hollow Lake, Tennessee, USA
Striped Bass - 78 pounds 8 ounces - Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Black Sea Bass - 10 pounds 4 ounces - Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Spotted Bass - 10 pounds 4 ounces - Pine Flat Lake, California, USA
Shoal Bass - 8 pounds 12 ounces - Apalachicola River, Florida, USA
Guadalupe Bass - 3 pounds 11 ounces - Lake Travis, Austin, Texas, USA
Rock Bass- 3 pounds 0 ounces - Lake Erie, Pennsylvania, USA and York River, Ontario, Canada
White Bass - 6 pounds 13 ounces - Lake Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA and Amite River, Greenwell Springs, Louisiana, USA
Australian Bass - 8 pounds 4 ounces - Lake Wivenhoe, Queensland, Australia
Suwannee Bass - 3 pounds 14 ounces - Suwannee River, Florida, USA
Butterfly Peacock Bass - 12 pounds 9 ounces - Chiguao River, Bolivar State, Venezuela
Papuan Black Bass - 42 pounds 5 ounces - Fly River, Papua New Guinea
Redeye Bass - No official record
Bartram's Bass - No official record

[StriperFan]

One thing to remember about most World Record listings for fish is that they only list fish legally caught on rod and reel. If you look at commercial fishing records or other sources you will see that some speceis have been recorded much bigger than the all tackle world records. Like striped bass for instance, Maryland DNR has a mount of a 90+ pound that they shocked up or caught in a net. The largest striped bass ever recorded was a 125# beast.

[tkwalker]

The 1978 record of 78.8 Striper was beat on 8-4-2011 with a 81.88 pounder in Conn. The largest caught was a 92 but not an IGF record because it was caught in a net by the Dept of Natural Res. in Maryland ... THESE ARE SALT WATER RECORDS !!

TheFRESH WATER record is 67.8 in 1992 caught in Calif. (not sure if it was a land locked lake or a migration from the saltwater to spawn) Tennessee, Two time State record holder, Ralph Dallas caught a 65.6 pounder in Cordel Hull in May of 2000 ... (My personal best was 62.1 <'TK><)

Check out this website on Striped Bass records ... http://www.striperspace.com/about_striped_bass.html <'TK>< :)

[white95v6]

the speckeled peacock bass record is 27lbs.
the blackstriped peacock bass is 6lbs 9 oz.