LakeCamanche Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Ione, Calif. -- A new record for large mouth bass caught at Lake Camanche was set on Jan. 26, when Lonnie Owens Sr. of Galt landed a 15.2-pound lunker in the main body of the lake, while using a swimbait toad thrasher lure. The fish was 28" long and 25" in girth. After landing the bass, Owens released it back into the lake. Twenty-two of the 25 biggest large mouth bass (LMB) ever caught were taken in California, reports fishingnetwork.net. The largest LMB ever landed was a 22 lb., 4 oz. monster caught in 1932 at Montgomery Lake, Ga. California’s record is a 22.5 lb. fish caught in 1991 at Castaic Lake in Southern California. The previous Lake Camanche record was 15 pounds for a fish caught in the winter of 2010. Quote
Shewillbemine Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Thank you. I sure hope you plan to post and participate more after this first post since it's kinda "spammish". 2 Quote
Super User Tuckahoe Joe Posted January 30, 2013 Super User Posted January 30, 2013 Wow...I don't even know what to say to that. Quote
bassguytom Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 That is crazy. It looks photoshoped, long growing season out there in CA I guess. Wow. Quote
Goaltender Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 That is crazy. It looks photoshoped, long growing season out there in CA I guess. Wow. Being that I've been playing with Corel Photo editing software recently - it really does look faked. Hopefully I'm wrong 'cause I'm jealous! Quote
Super User SPEEDBEAD. Posted January 30, 2013 Super User Posted January 30, 2013 Being that I've been playing with Corel Photo editing software recently - it really does look faked. Hopefully I'm wrong 'cause I'm jealous! LOL, to ease your mind: 1. You should be jealous because 2. It's not photoshopped. That's a beast of a fish. 1 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted January 30, 2013 Super User Posted January 30, 2013 That is an outstanding fish & pic. The way he is holding it really emphasises the girth & head. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted January 30, 2013 Super User Posted January 30, 2013 That is an outstanding fish & pic. The way he is holding it really emphasises the girth & head. Yes sir, and I am take notes . . . A-Jay Quote
Super User Shane J Posted January 30, 2013 Super User Posted January 30, 2013 Yeah, that's no fake, that's a heck of a fish! Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted January 31, 2013 Super User Posted January 31, 2013 Wow, what a bass. Quote
buckeye12 Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Big ole sow belly!! Got the shape of a DT 10!! lol Quote
Super User aavery2 Posted February 5, 2013 Super User Posted February 5, 2013 Absolutely a beast Quote
Super User Darren. Posted February 5, 2013 Super User Posted February 5, 2013 B.e.a.s.t. May the waters I fish hold a lady like that. And may she be kind enough to get stuck on the end of my line. Quote
fishinkeebs Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 Awesome! A for real monster bass. Quote
TAlexander Posted September 17, 2013 Posted September 17, 2013 Ione, Calif. -- A new record for large mouth bass caught at Lake Camanche was set on Jan. 26, when Lonnie Owens Sr. of Galt landed a 15.2-pound lunker in the main body of the lake, while using a swimbait toad thrasher lure. The fish was 28" long and 25" in girth. After landing the bass, Owens released it back into the lake. Twenty-two of the 25 biggest large mouth bass (LMB) ever caught were taken in California, reports fishingnetwork.net. The largest LMB ever landed was a 22 lb., 4 oz. monster caught in 1932 at Montgomery Lake, Ga. California’s record is a 22.5 lb. fish caught in 1991 at Castaic Lake in Southern California. The previous Lake Camanche record was 15 pounds for a fish caught in the winter of 2010. I thought the largest LMB ever caught was "Dottie", 25.1lb caught in CA. Beautiful proportions on that bass BTW! Nice Catch! Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted September 17, 2013 Super User Posted September 17, 2013 When Dottie was caught at 25.1lbs, she was snagged, and therefor not legally caught. Jeff 2 Quote
TAlexander Posted September 17, 2013 Posted September 17, 2013 When Dottie was caught at 25.1lbs, she was snagged, and therefor not legally caught. Jeff Ah, thanks for clearing that up for me. Quote
CPBassFishing Posted September 17, 2013 Posted September 17, 2013 I thought the largest LMB ever caught was "Dottie", 25.1lb caught in CA. Beautiful proportions on that bass BTW! Nice Catch! I believe they are talking about the lake record. Obviously the world record is a lot bigger than 15lbs. Quote
LakeCamanche Posted September 17, 2013 Author Posted September 17, 2013 Yes, the fish was a lake record, not a state record, as we wrote, "A new record for large mouth bass caught at Lake Camanche." The photo was absolutely not photoshopped. That's the fish Lonnie landed. Lonnie was using a toad thrasher. Many anglers have had good success using that lure. The biggest fish there are caught during winter, as this one was. Thanks to all who commented. Quote
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