Building The World Record Bass

[everythingthatswims]

I think the concept of farming huge fish is awesome, however, I think that the "farmers" should take it upon themselves to not submit those fish for a world record. I fish a pond with fish that get fed pellets on a regular basis, and that is a blast, but I appreciate "wild" fish more.

[WRB]

Bumped this up to find any updates on Gary Schwatz attempt to grow a record bass in La Perla or Jaliisco lakes on his ranch in south Texas?

Tom

[RMcDuffee726]

If I ever get rich I totally want to create my own massive pond, and set it up for trophy fish.  It would be assume to have something like that on a plot of property.

[CarolinaBoy4Life]

I honestly think it should count as a world record. These fish that are being caught out in California were fed trout for years during the winter month's. Were they hand fed? No, but they still were put in as a form of high protein food to make these fish larger. Same thing the Texas parks and wildlife does to make the state fishing better and more productive when it comes to larger fish. They are breeding these fish to make the highest chance of these gene's of  sharelunkers making a world record. So if a bass is caught in Lake Falcon or or Amistad is shouldn't be considered a world record for the simple fact of it may be a sharelunker program offspring? In a way these fish were "raised" or bred.

[Brian6428]

One thing everybody seems to be ignoring is the odds of a bass reaching world record size. A fish that size is truly a freak. They have to have an incredibly long life, be very healthy their whole life, have access to just the right type of food etc. Basically, the odds of a fish growing to world record size in the wild are ridiculously low. Will the odds be better in this private pond in discussion? Of course. But the sample size is also MUCH smaller, the number of anglers fishing it will be lower (thus the odds of catching it decrease), and it may be in the wrong climate, regardless. 

 

So ultimately, if this guy can grow a world record bass, he should have the record. What I am saying, however, is that given the size of the lakes and the time period in question he has about the same odds of growing a world record bass as anybody fishing in Cali or Japan has of catching a world record bass. And, if he does manage to grow it, he still has to catch it!

 

Note: This is not a knock on the guy managing the pond in question. I am sure he can make one heck of a trophy pond, but there probably ain't gonna be a world record bass in there.

[Brayberry]

Anyone know any updates on the South Texas place trying to grow the World Record?  3 years later some of those bass should be huge by now

[WRB]

On June 23, 2017 at 7:49 PM, Brayberry said:

Anyone know any updates on the South Texas place trying to grow the World Record?  3 years later some of those bass should be huge by now

Haven't been able to find any current info beyond the reprinted original articles. Perla was the last lake he made and it was filled and stocked in 2009, those bass are now 8 years or older now!

Tom

[Catt]

There is no written updates just word of mouth which is bass in the upper teens being caught. There's word of a lake south of Houston, one in the Big Bend part of Texas & one in Georgia.

[Basseditor]

3 hours ago, WRB said:

Haven't been able to find any current info beyond the reprinted original articles. Perla was the last lake he made and it was filled and stocked in 2009, those bass are now 8 years or older now!

Tom

I need to find the article, but I believe they took some surplus offspring out of the lakes and planted them into Lake Falcon this spring.

[soflabasser]

Interesting subject. These private water bass remind me of hunting in private ranches where you hunt ''wild'' animals in a fenced in area.