will the real world record bass please ..........

[Rattletrap]

I really get the feeling that some of you are trashing these guys because they are from "Kaliforny".

Captain. If the next WR meets all the IGFA requirements, it's a new WR. I'm a Georgia boy, and I don't won't Mexico or Cuba to take it. If Cali takes it, good job. USA, USA, USA!!!!

[ikebass15]

way to go weakley! ;D i glad he was honest. and i glad that perry still holds the record.

[flechero]

merely eyewitness accounts of those there at the time.

Seems like if that is good enough to put someone away for murder, it should suffice for verifying a fish. I don't think anyone was carrying around a sony handycam back then, good grief.

As for weakley's fish... I'm not going back there

[Hot n Tot]

The Weakley bass was not the largest ever landed, regardless of it's size. When we talk about catching and landing bass, we are talking about coaxing a fish into taking our lures, not snagging  them.  Sorry, but I don't know how you snag a fishing with a single hook jig unless you try and do it intentionally. At first, I gave Weakley the benefit of the doubt, and considered it just bad luck that the fish was snagged, but when I think about the chances of foul hooking a fish on a jig....well, I've caught hundreds of bass, and the only ones that ended up hooked like that were caught on treble hooked baits like Rapalas and Crankbaits.

[KYbass1276]

The Weakley bass was not the largest ever landed, regardless of it's size. When we talk about catching and landing bass, we are talking about coaxing a fish into taking our lures, not snagging them. Sorry, but I don't know how you snag a fishing with a single hook jig unless you try and do it intentionally. At first, I gave Weakley the benefit of the doubt, and considered it just bad luck that the fish was snagged, but when I think about the chances of foul hooking a fish on a jig....well, I've caught hundreds of bass, and the only ones that ended up hooked like that were caught on treble hooked baits like Rapalas and Crankbaits.

I really can't go along with him snagging it on purpose  I can see why it was snagged when your looking down and don't see your bait and you feel something at the end of our rod the only thing left to assume is it took the bait and I don't get to do much bed fishing but I hear it is commen for this to happen alot.  Now what went though his mind after words I don't know Personally if he knew it was illegal fish it should have never been hauled into shore to begin with,that sealed the deal with me that he was going to try to pass it off legaly caught  but realized people had seen the catch.  But really beleve he didn't  snag it on purpose Or atleast I hope he didn't.

[jasone]

Regardless of what has been caught so far...

IMHO opinion, before the next WR is caught, the IGFA needs to divide the category into Florida and Northern strain records.  They are recognized sub-species and it needs to be done before the next record so people don't cry foul.

[flechero]

Regardless of what has been caught so far...

IMHO opinion, before the next WR is caught, the IGFA needs to divide the category into Florida and Northern strain records. They are recognized sub-species and it needs to be done before the next record so people don't cry foul.

That would make just about as much sense as having seperate records in track and field, one set for black athletes and another for white athletes.

No offense meant to anyone... I'm a slow, white guy. ;D

[jasone]

Yeah, but you're in Texas with those big Florida Strains!