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The All-Tackle record for largemouth bass is the most sought after game fish record in the world. It is the "holy grail" of fishing records. George Perry has held this prestigious title for nearly 83 years, since he pulled his massive 22-pound, 4-ounce fish from Montgomery Lake, Georgia on June 2, 1932.
22 pounds, 4 ounces – World Record Largemouth Bass. The official largemouth world record was set on June 2nd, 1932 by the legend George Perry. He caught the 22 pound, 4 ounce whopper at Lake Montgomery in South Georgia. The fish comfortably fed his family of six, twice.
The all-tackle world record for largemouth bass is shared by two anglers. George Perry, fishing in Montgomery Lake in Georgia in 1932, caught a bass that weighed 22 pounds, 4 ounces. Manabu...
1 - Current World Record - Lake Biwa, Japan. First up is the current world record. This impressive 22.311-lb bass was at Lake Biwa in Japan. This is the largest recorded largemouth bass ever caught, and what makes the catch even more impressive is the low number of largemouth in Japan.
Explore the remarkable story of the world’s largest largemouth bass, from its incredible weight and length to the angler’s exciting story and the best fishing spots to catch giant bass.
On April 2, 2022, Jason Schall caught a bass measuring 55cm on the Ohoopee River in Georgia to take the lead in the All-Tackle Fly Length World Record category for largemouth bass.
Biggest Bass Story: Largemouth World Record Turns 90. Caught June 2, 1932, George Perry's extraordinarily large bass has quite an amazing backstory. George Perry’s 22-pound, 4-ounce bass caught June 2, 1932 is still being chased by lunker hunters. (Photos: Lynn Burkhead main, courtesy of IGFA inset) June 02, 2022 By Lynn Burkhead.
Two anglers in particular have managed to lay their claim to the world record largemouth bass, arguably the most sought-after prize in sport fishing. Three others, while not officially recognized, however, may have actually caught an even bigger bass!
And in fishing, "the catch" is George Perry's world record largemouth bass taken on June 2, 1932 from Lake Montgomery, an oxbow of the Ocmulgee River in South Georgia.
The first official world record largemouth bass was caught in 1906 by a angler named Otto F. Gibbons, weighing in at an impressive 13 pounds, 8 ounces. As fishing techniques improved and more anglers joined the pursuit, the records continued to fall.