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25.1 lb largemouth bass caught

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RobertELee Rising Star

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Hey Hanson,

When they caught the fish the first time the fish weighed about 24 lbs. right out of the water with a portable scale. They had to wait quite a while to get a "certified" scale to the fish. During that time the fish was spewing out eggs and had lost alot of weight. I dont know how long it took them to weight it this time but this fish has been BIG for a long time. I can't imagine the age of the fish, 15+?

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It is not uncommon to catch 8-10lb bass in that lake also.

I grew up in CA and fished dixion every weekend, mainly for trout and catfish but every now and then we would go bass fishing and catch some nice pigs. Biggest one we boated weighed just over 12lbs.

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It is not uncommon to catch 8-10lb bass in that lake also.

It looks like that fish swallowed an 8-10 pound bass grin.gif

No matter how you look at it, that bass is an incredible fish, and I congratulate him on his catch. Someday I can only hope to catch a 10-pounder smile.gif

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They were talking about this on the Joe Soucheray show yesterday afternoon. Man, what a fish. They reported that this fish has possibly been caught at least three times, and released. It evidently has a distinctive mark on a gill plate. The gentleman that caught this fish also reported it was foul hooked, so any resulting record would probably be denied.

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So do you guys think he should be given the certified record if the scale checks out, even though it was foul hooked? I think they should as long as everything is verified to be true.These guys sound like a couple of up standing kinda sportsman.

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This is going to be a very tough decision on the record book keepers. The fish was weighed but never taken to a certified scale to be weighed. That may be enough to keep it off alone. The fish being foul hooked will just throw up another controversy. I'm not quite sure that this guy will get the record just because the fish was released before it was weighed on the certified scale. It's obviously a hog over 20 pounds from the picture, but the guidelines weren't really followed for a record.

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to be a world record it has to be a certified scale and must be witnessed by a co. this fish

cannot be a world record because those two rules are not open to interpretation. now the

foul-hooking may just be something that can be ruled on because it sounds like that only

refurs to snagging a fish. exceptions to rules void the rules themselves.

that being said...... holy cow what a fish! man o man there are not to many of those

around. what great true sportsman for returning the fish but i would bet they are having

some second thoughts on that.....

so..... anyone up for a road trip......

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San Diego paper article says they are not submitting the application for the record. They will go back and catch her in the future and be 100% legit.

I like these guys, you can tell they have values and ethics.

mtreno....I predict it'll be caught by the guy Chigger in the BASS video!

I'm already working on a business trip to San Diego!! grin.gif

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hahahahaha - i think your right - they better make a video of that too!!

man i am having a poor day here i think i better go watch that again. always seems to help!

im with you these guys seem like some real good guys.

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Unfortunatly, I think that lake will more than likely nothing but boats if it already isn't. Everyone will want to hook it and try for the record. These guys are up-standing sportsman for the way they handled the entire thing. I hope they get the chance to re-catch it before someone else does.

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I don't think that can happen. The lake is within a park. No private boats allowed. You can only use rented rowboats with trolling motors. Once all the boats are rented you are s.o.l. if you want on the lake.

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