Ok, so I was reading some question’s answers and came across one that mentioned a new world record largemouth bass of 22 pounds, 5 ounces being caught recently by “pro” Manabu Kurita on Lake Biwa…
IN JAPAN!
I’ve read as many articles as I could find on the subject and they all practically say the same thing.http://www.wfn.tv/news/?news=1135http://www.thebassholes.com/news.php?ite…http://www.igfa.org/forum/forum_posts.as…http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/bassm…
You can find more on your own…
But no, this CANNOT be happening, it’s not possible.
Japan does not support a long growth season for a bass. They have winters over there, long, cold, harsh winters. The only way anybody could have caught a bass that big was by force feeding it in a small, controlled environment. Like a pond or something.
Japan has the U.S. beat on practically everything; automobiles, automobile sales, technology, robotics, computers, medicines, and whatever else, is Japan going to take the cake on bass fishing too!? What the hell!?
I’m serious, I am dead serious… if the IGFA accepts this fish and declares it as the new world record I am giving up bass fishing for the rest of my life. I’ve been bass fishing since I was just a wee lad in a chest carrier… that’s been practically 25 years! But I mean it…
I betcha anything Mac Weakly is kickin’ himself in the *** for admitting his 25-1 was foul hooked…