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Here's the official IGFA Press Release:
"It's official; largemouth bass caught in Japan ties IGFA All-Tackle World Record
Freshwater fishing?s ?Holy Grail? now has dual holders; 22 lb 4 oz bass caught by Japan?s Manabu Kurita matches IGFA record held for 77 years by Georgia?s George Perry
DANIA BEACH, Fla. USA, (January 8, 2010) --- After nearly six months of waiting, Japan?s Manabu Kurita is taking his place along side Georgia, USA angler George Perry in the International Game Fish Association?s (IGFA) World Record Games Fishes book as dual holders of the All-Tackle record for largemouth bass each weighing 22 lb 4 oz and caught 77 years apart.
Today the IGFA approved Kurita?s application for the fish caught from Japan?s largest lake on July 2, 2009. The 70-year old non-profit fisheries conservation, education and record-keeping body, received Kurita?s application and documentation on Sept. 19, 2009. The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), was caught from Lake Biwa which is an ancient reservoir northeast of Kyoto.
Kurita, 32, of Aichi, Japan, was fishing Biwa that July day using a Deps Sidewinder rod and a Shimano Antares DC7LV reel loaded with 25 lb Toray line when he pitched his bait, a live bluegill, next to a bridge piling. It was Kurita?s first cast to the piling where he had seen a big bass swimming. He only twitched the bait a couple of times before he got bit. After a short, three minute fight he had the fish in the boat.
Kurita was quoted as saying ?I knew it was big, but I didn't know it was that big.?
But big it was. Using certified scales, his fish weighed in at 10.12 kg or 22 lb 4 oz. When measured, the fish had a fork length of 27.2 inches and a girth of 26.7 inches..."
Shoulda been me!!!
Joey
