New World Record Bass 2025
T-rig reply :
You be the judge:
The Largemouth Herald reply :
That fish was huge, and the netboy didn't help any! He wacked the side of the fish and probably disengaged the hooks. Oh well, nice video! 
.dsaavedra. reply :
big fish....not the record.....that 25lber (even tho it wasnt technically the record...its still the biggest one caught) was bigger than that fish in the vid.....sucks balls he didnt land it though :-/
Randall reply :
Just from looking at it I don't think it was really close to a WR but who knows. Lots of water splashing and not that clear of a shot. It was a big fish though.
roadwarrior reply :
Hard to tell how big it was, but I seriously doubt is was as big as Randall's fish.
Remember too, big bass look a lot bigger in the water than they turn out to be.
Alpster reply :
That's a cool video, but the only record they set is for the lousiest net job.
Ronnie
Valascus reply :
No way that is a world record bass. Big bass for sure, but I bet some of the bass Fish Chris and some of our other Cali boys have gotten into are bigger than that one.
I agree with Alpster, the guy netting the fish made a very ill conceived attempt on that jump to net that fish. All he probably did was succeed in dislodging the hook and whacking the fish upside his head. That fish should have been played a while longer to tucker it out a bit more. Just my two cents...
mattm reply :
Very cool video and for sure a huge fish. IMO, it is absolutley impossible to tell if it was or wasn't a WR. If there was a gun to my head and I had to guess i'd say no.
RoLo reply :
Too far south for a world-record.
Roger
frogtog reply :
Net man would still be swimming trying to get back home.
guest reply :
I agree. beauty of a bass but no way that looked like a WR to me.
Net boy slept in the dog house that night.
KU_Bassmaster. reply :
Huge bass no doubt .... but claiming WR would be a stretch IMO
FishTank reply :
Great fish but not a WR. I would love to hook into one that big but I find me a new guy to hold the net.
JayW reply :
Big fish for sure, but doesn't look anything like a world record to me. I hooked a Bass in a old private phosphate pit on a Zara Spook one time that looked like a 20+ lb Bass, but I won't say that she was. All I know is that she was a lot bigger than my 13.1 Bass that I caught a few years back. Every time I think about losing that fish it makes me wanna :'(
earthworm77 reply :
I do not think that fish was bigger than 10 or 12lbs. Splashing water gives a fish the illusion of more mass. Looking at it I'm convinced it really is not even close to a WR. 12lbs tops.
Fish Chris reply :
That video is of such poor quality, and from one single "lame" angle, that it tells basically nothing.
Based on that video, I'd say the fish was somewhere between 8 and 80 lbs. Doh ! ;-)
Fish
=Matt 5.0= reply :
Looks like the net guy was trying to play tennis with the fish... 
T-rig reply :
QuoteToo far south for a world-record.
Roger
Why? Don't rule out Cuba!
Matt Fly reply :
Wild Bill Skinner has been booking trips to Mexico for ages. It wouldn't surprise me to see a bass eclispsing the 20lb mark.
No way to judge that fish at all. Just guesses!!!!!!
Matt
NaterD reply :
Hey, isnt the record 22.25 lbs? Just curious
RoLo reply :
QuoteQuoteToo far south for a world-record.
Roger
Why? Don't rule out Cuba!
A southerly latitude offers a longer growing season than a northerly latitude, BUT all goods things come to an end.
Largemouth bass living in the equatorial reaches of their range die prematurely of thermal burnout.
In my view, Mexico and Cuba are both too far south to produce the next world-record.
The official 22lb 4oz world-record largemouth bass was produced in Lake Montgomery, Georgia (Oxbow in the Ocmulgee R.)
Last spring, Mac Weakley caught a 25-lb 1 oz uncertified world-record bass in Lake Dixon, California.
Neither of these elephants were the product of one fuzzy video, or the product of 10,000 rumors, but are part of our world history.
Although the Perry Bass and the Weakley Bass were boated on opposite ends of the North American continent,
both specimens sprang from very similar latitudes:
Lake Montgomery, Georgia: Latitude 31.50
Lake Dixon, California: Latitude 33.00
This is not a hair-raising coincidence, but simply underscores the importance of "optimal latitude".
Based on statistics enumerating world-class bass (over 15-lbs), production falls off sharply as you move south of Latitude 29.00.
For example, Lake Okeechobee, FL straddles Latitude 26.50, which is "Too Far South. The Big-O has yielded literally tons of bass
between 6 and 9-pounds, but in my opinion, poses no threat to the world-record bass. In fact, until the lake-record
at Lake Okeechobee was finally broken, it stood for decades at 13.5 lbs. In contrast, the lake-record for virtually every
major lake in central and northern Florida is over 15 pounds (i.e. world-class).
Getting back on track, El Salto, Mexico lies at Latitude 23.50, and Cuba straddles Latitude 21.50.
Not surprisingly, at those southerly latitudes you will find bodies of water that are fountains for beautiful trophy-class bass.
Cuba and Mexico are very similar to the Okeechobee of yore, but can they break the next world-record...I don't think so.
Roger
T-rig reply :
Thanks for the datailed info! What do you think about South Africa and why do you think bass in Switzerland do not grow above 8lbs.?
RoLo reply :
QuoteThanks for the datailed info! What do you think about South Africa and why do you think bass in Switzerland do not grow above 8lbs.?
Switzerland straddles Latitude 47.00, which parallels Cabonga Reservoir in Quebec, Canada.
In North America, the 47th parallel roughly demarcates the northern limit of largemouth bass distribution.
With such a short growing-season, it would take a superb forage base AND a long-lived bass to reach 8 pounds.
As an aside, a bass weighing 8 lbs and change held the New Jersey record for over fifty years,
and that was Latitude 40, significantly south of Switzerland.
I feel the same about South Africa as I do about Cuba and Mexicotoo far south.
If the sweet spot is in fact between Latitude 30 and 35, I think we could be blindsided by Japan.
Bass fishing is big in Japan, and though their waters are even more heavily pressured than American waters,
it can happen on a private lake. Japan has already broken 19 lbs, larger than any "certified" bass taken in Florida.
Roger
FL_fisher reply :
what is the record in japan?
RoLo reply :
19.15 lbs
(larger than any "certified" bass taken from Florida)
FL_fisher reply :
rolo thanks! happen to know what lake?
RoLo reply :
No I don't.
But it was taken by a fellow named Shimado on an Optimum Swimbait
Roger
T-rig reply :
Rolo, I live in Lugano and Switzerland might have latitude 47 or so but the climate here is mediterainian.
I dont think you can compare the latitudes from one contient to another.
RoLo reply :
QuoteRolo, I live in Lugano and Switzerland might have latitude 47 or so but the climate here is mediterainian.I dont think you can compare the latitudes from one contient to another.
That is true, climates may vary within the same latitude.
A Mediterranean climate, globally referred to as a "maritime climate", is definitely different from
a "continental climate" also known as a terrestrial climate. Though microclimates have a substantial influence
on water climate, I'd hesitate to say that they supercede "latitude".
Without getting too much into microclimates and macroclimates, I'd like to sew in one point
as it applies to different climates within the same continent. A large part of California's magic
is her "maritime climate", which I believe is more important than the stocked trout that take the bow.
In California, the prevailing westerlies are coming off the Pacific Ocean.
Incidentally, Japan also enjoys a maritime climate
Roger
mattm reply :
I'll bet a 100 says RoLo has the highest IQ of any BassResource member. Not real sure how hard of an award that is to win though ;D .
.Paxamus. reply :
Awesome video, I think that I would have to put a hook in the net boy and use him for bait!
NaterD reply :
Hey Rolo, What about northern states like Michigan, i was out the other night and landed a 4 lber, which dosn't seem frequent (at least for me). I've seen bass that easy clear 4 lbs, but is it possible that really large bass are scarce due to a longer period of cold?
RoLo reply :
QuoteHey Rolo, What about northern states like Michigan, i was out the other night and landed a 4 lber, which dosn't seem frequent (at least for me). I've seen bass that easy clear 4 lbs, but is it possible that really large bass are scarce due to a longer period of cold?
You bet, and the result of a long coldwater period is a short growing season.
On your end of the bass's range, the ultimate weight of bass is limited by growing season,
while the ultimate weight of bass that live near the equator is limited by a shortened life span.
To break the world-record a bass needs both, a prolonged growing season AND a prolonged life span.
Incidentally, a 4-lb bass in Michigan certainly has Bragging Rights! 8-)
Roger
G3-Basser reply :
Geez, was that the worst netting attempt you've ever seen???!!!! Was he trying to club it into submission???
His azz would be swimming home after that knuckle head move.
-J
bad_angler reply :
Hey Guys,
If you want to read a great book on the hunt for the next WR
go find this book "Sowbelly: The Obsessive Quest for the World
Record Largemouth Bass"
The author travels all over meeting the select group of men who are
trying to catch (or grow) the world record. He takes you to where
people are trying to raise them via breading (Al & TX), to California
where the monsters around San Diego lurk and even to Cuba where
they hunt with beat up old boats and 40 year old tackle for the next
record. I just read it recently ..a great read.
frogtog reply :
Rolo I stay in North Carolina, what is my latitude and should I give up on the
WR I have been after for thirty five years. :-/
GrandSlamBasser87 reply :
YEP, net boy would have definately gone for an unsuspected dip after that one!!!
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