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The world record for largest recorded catch of a largemouth bass was achieved in 1932 in Montgomery Lake, an oxbow lake off the Ocmulgee River in Telfair County. [2] [7] The record-setting fish, caught by farmer George Washington Perry, weighed 22 pounds, 4 ounces.
The largemouth bass is the state fish of Georgia [8] and Mississippi, [9] and the state freshwater fish of Florida [10] and Alabama. [11] [12] It is a highly prized sport fish among anglers for their vigorous resistance when caught, and have been introduced to many regions due to their popularity in bass fishing and tolerance to urban streams.
The world record largemouth according to the IGFA is shared by Manabu Kurita and George W. Perry. Kurita's bass was caught from Lake Biwa in Japan on July 2, 2009, and weighed 10.12 kilograms (22 lb 5 oz). Perry's bass was caught on June 2, 1932, from Montgomery Lake in Georgia and weighed 10.09 kilograms (22 lb 4 oz).
The area has a history of seemingly tall tales involving animals. In 1932, the world-record largemouth bass, a 22-pound, 4-ouncer, was caught in an oxbow lake about 10 miles west of the Marchant farm.
Mar. 8—ATHENS — Stetson Davis, an 11-year-old angler from Tuttle, Okla., landed 13.31-pound ShareLunker 661 on Wednesday, topping the junior angler waterbody record for largemouth bass by more ...
Largemouth bass: Lake Bill Waller. Location: Columbia. Acreage: 168 acres. Camping: No camping is available. Slot: Bass 18 inches-22 inches must be released. Biggest bass: 15.88 pounds. More ...
Florida largemouth bass (fresh water) Micropterus floridanus: 2007 [11] Atlantic sailfish (salt water) Istiophorus albicans: 2007 [12] Georgia: Largemouth bass: Micropterus salmoides: 1970 [13] Southern Appalachian brook trout (cold water game fish) Salvelinus fontinalis: 2006 [14] [15] Red drum (salt-water fish) Sciaenops ocellatus: 2006 [16 ...
A Georgia man’s fishing trip became much more exciting when he pulled up a state-record catch, wildlife officials said. Emerson Mulhall, a 20-year-old angler from Cumming, was out fishing on ...