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Hayes caught his record fish on July 9, 1955 while trolling a lure in Dale Hollow Reservoir, Tennessee, without a doubt the most famed body of water for producing massive smallmouth bass. In fact, the three heaviest smallmouth ever recorded have come from Dale Hallow!
David Hayes and the World Record Smallmouth Bass. On July 9, 1955, David Lee Hayes, his wife, Ruth, and their 6-year-old son were spending the day on Dale Hollow Lake on the Tennessee-Kentucky border.
For the 12 pound test line’s male category, Terry Dodson set a 9 pound 6 ounce weight record in May 2001. No females have set a record for smallmouth bass in this line class. For the 16 pound test line’s male category, Terrell Nail set an 8 pound 6 ounce weight record in January 1988.
Fortunately, Hayes, then 80 years old, lived to see his fate turn around. Today, his 11-pound, 15-ounce smallmouth is not only the biggest anyone has ever seen, it's also the undisputed world...
Whether or not David Hayes holds the world record for smallmouth bass, the record came from Dale Hollow Lake. Both the second (John Gorman's 10-14 in 1969) and third (Paul Beal's 10-8 in 1986) biggest bronzebacks were caught there.
World Record Smallmouth Bass. The world record smallmouth bass weighed 22 lb 4 oz and was caught by George Perry. George caught the record smallmouth on Montgomery Lake in Georgia in June 1932.
As mentioned before, David Hayes holds the world record for the biggest smallmouth bass ever caught. He caught an 11-pound, 15-ounce fish on Dale Hollow Lake, Tennessee, on July 9, 1955. He used a Creek Chub Pikie lure to catch the fish, which measured 27 inches long and 21 inches in girth.
Episode 21David Hayes caught a world record smallmouth bass from Dale Hollow Lake in the summer of 1955. It remained the world record until 1996, when it was...
When Hayes caught his 11 pound, 15 ounce brown bass from Dale Hollow Lake in 1955, he knew it was bigger than any smallmouth he had ever seen before, but he didn't know it was a world record. Then, after 41 years as the universally recognized record, a long lost document was located that cast doubt upon the integrity of the catch.
The all-tackle world record for smallmouth bass is held by David Hayes, who caught a whopping 11 pounds, 15 ounces (5.41 kg) bass. This record-setting fish was reeled in at Dale Hollow Reservoir, Tennessee, in 1955 while David was trolling along the reservoir’s edges.