View Full Version : New World Record Bass caught yesterday?
Fish_on
03-21-2006, 11:03 AM
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/fishing/news/story?page=f_fea_bass_world-record_Weakley_25.1&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab5pos1#top
Juls_OH
03-21-2006, 11:11 AM
Too slow Bernie...this has been posted twice already...;)
Juls
bigfish1965
03-21-2006, 11:12 AM
The fish was foul hooked. The only record he would get here for that would be a criminal one.
Juls_OH
03-21-2006, 11:24 AM
Why so harsh bigfish? He was honest enough to say it was foul hooked and let it go.
Juls
Crappie Kid
03-21-2006, 11:33 AM
Bigfish, read the article before spouting off.
It appears legit, and if the story is true this guy is an outstanding sportsman.
I hope to see the replica mount someday at a a sports show.
bigfish1965
03-21-2006, 12:41 PM
It would be illegal here to weigh a foul-hooked fish. A pic is fine, but measuring and weighing would get you a big fine and a license suspension. Even considering submission for a new record would be, and should be, reason for ridicule.
Reels
03-21-2006, 01:02 PM
I think law enforcement would not have trouble with measuring the fish being it was of world record quality.
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>It would be illegal here to weigh a foul-hooked fish. A pic
>is fine, but measuring and weighing would get you a big fine
>and a license suspension. Even considering submission for a
>new record would be, and should be, reason for ridicule.
Glad I don't live in that state. Where you at again? I'll have to make sure I never fish there. Don't need to be stopped by the fish gestapo for weighing and measuring a fish I intend to release.
reelman1
03-21-2006, 01:46 PM
Not only was the fish wieghed but it was also transported to land. In my book this would warant a ticket for falure to release a foul hooked fish.
give him a break, the guy didn't intentionally foul hook the fish, it just happened. would you be so hard on yourself if you foul hooked a world record walleye ?
rebs
Mr. Berlkey
03-21-2006, 04:30 PM
It really seems like it isn't really worth catching a record fish to me. Look at all the @#%& this guy has already had to deal with. I'd release a 30 pound walleye before I subjected myself to the mercy of internet message boards. I can imagine what would be said.
New One
03-21-2006, 04:50 PM
I think you need to cut the guy some slack. He released a possible world record fish, and where he was fishing, I don't beleive it was a crime to measure a snagged fish. It is my beleif that that law is to protect fish species from snagging, which this man was clearly not doing. I may be wrong, not sure.
If you foul hooked a true trophy, and released it without so much as a measure and a picture, you sir are a better man than I. At least he was honest, and had the morality(sp) to release the fish. I bet at least half the anglers in the world would not have done so.
That was a fine fish and a true trophy, foul hooked or not.
Leechboy unlogged
03-21-2006, 04:52 PM
The guys that caught it sound very honest and I'm glad they caught it. Sounds like they've been chasing the record for a while. -lb
dewyg
03-21-2006, 06:01 PM
There is a book out called HAWG it is about the obsession with catching a world record Largemouth this is one of the guys the author predicted would catch the record. It is a fascinating look into the world of giant largemouth bass fishing. As for the previous negative post about foul hooking the fish and weighing it. Grow up! These select few guys are true sportsman and they put the fish before there personal glory. I bet 99% of people in that situation would do the same.
ARGEE
03-21-2006, 11:47 PM
IT WASNT FOULED HOOKED ON PURPOSE,THEREFORE IT COUNTS AS A RECORD.READ THE RULES.....
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bigfish1965
03-21-2006, 11:52 PM
>>It would be illegal here to weigh a foul-hooked fish. A pic
>>is fine, but measuring and weighing would get you a big fine
>>and a license suspension. Even considering submission for a
>>new record would be, and should be, reason for ridicule.
>
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>Glad I don't live in that state. Where you at again? I'll
>have to make sure I never fish there. Don't need to be
>stopped by the fish gestapo for weighing and measuring a fish
>I intend to release.
It's called Ontario...yes we are VERY serious about protecting our fish. Weighing an out of season, foul hooked or out of slot fish can get you into a mess of trouble.
rspahr
03-21-2006, 11:56 PM
It sounds like you are a little TOO serious about it.
bigfish1965
03-22-2006, 12:28 AM
No we just have too many people in the past trying to weasel out of the rules. Now it's very cut and dry. If you have a foul hooked fish, release it immediately. End of story. We also have the best fishing anywhere so perhaps our 'too serious' approach is working.
The fact that the guy does a vertical lip hold on a stressed 25 pound fish that has been out of the water and then pulled up on shore for video and pics doesn't make him any kind of sportsman to me.
But, hey, bass pros still don't believe in delayed mortality either.
According to the article on espn.go the guy thought that it was the same fish (based on markings on the lower jaw) he released in 2002 that put him 4th in the record books. I guess as long as he released it he may get it again.
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/fishing/news/story?page=f_fea_bass_world-record_Weakley_25.1
bob oh
03-22-2006, 03:07 PM
Ever heard of gill netting and Lake Erie?? Serious about what??
rod bender bob
New One
03-22-2006, 04:54 PM
So, theoretically: If you foul hook a fish in the gill, and it is bleeding profusely, you have to release the fish? It seems to me that the law was designed to prevent snagging. Why else should it matter. Why would you release a fish that is obviously going to die?
Best fishing anywhere? I guess that depends on your species. Also, it may have nothing to do with your laws, and everything to do with fishing pressure. Alot less people on alot more lakes equals alot less fish taken from a body of water. Now, I am not saying that the Canadian laws are uneffective, I beleive they are very helpfull at preseving the resource, but they are not the only reason.
Okay, I am done with my rant. Have a nice day everyone.
Terroreyes
03-22-2006, 08:58 PM
Oh, calm down. Didn't you have a close to C&R record walleye with a bunch of blood on it? Maybe I'm wrong. If not, shouldn't you have turned the stressed fish back and passed on the pic????
I would have done the same thing. I catch a 25# world record bass, snagged or not!, I'm taking a picture! I'll gladly pay that ticket if necessary and would make sure the big hog got back just fine. :)
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DuckCrusher
03-22-2006, 10:10 PM
Hmm..a guy from a province that will let you shoot five HEN mallards and rape Lake Erie's walleye population with net boats pitching a beetch because someone weighed a world class bass. Now I've heard it all.
All hail the power of the ecoLOGICAL Ontario.
>No we just have too many people in the past trying to weasel
>out of the rules. Now it's very cut and dry. If you have a
>foul hooked fish, release it immediately. End of story. We
>also have the best fishing anywhere so perhaps our 'too
>serious' approach is working.
>The fact that the guy does a vertical lip hold on a stressed
>25 pound fish that has been out of the water and then pulled
>up on shore for video and pics doesn't make him any kind of
>sportsman to me.
>But, hey, bass pros still don't believe in delayed mortality
>either.
bigfish1965
03-22-2006, 10:57 PM
>Hmm..a guy from a province that will let you shoot five HEN
>mallards and rape Lake Erie's walleye population with net
>boats pitching a beetch because someone weighed a world class
>bass. Now I've heard it all.
>All hail the power of the ecoLOGICAL Ontario.
>
Shoot five hen mallards? Is there a shortage of mallards somewhere? They are displacing black ducks and several other species. The limits will likely go up on them as well.
Has anyone angling on Lake Erie complained there are a shortage of walleye? Nope. There's lots. Same with the netters on the US side going for perch and walleye.
Taking a picture of a fish is not what I objected to. It was dragging the fish around for weighing, video and pictures on a dock. Like I said...it isn't legal here. Sure if I caught a 25 pound bass or a 25 pound walleye I would take a pic. But I would not weight it...imagine the stress on the jaw for a fish that size. Fish that big CANNOT be held like that.
And the fish blood from the walleye was from a small cheek injury from the zebra mussles on the pier. The fish was out of the water for less than 30 seconds and returned. It was caught legally, too.
Terroreyes
03-22-2006, 11:12 PM
<The fish was out of the water for less than 30 seconds and returned.>
That's a pretty quick pic there Bigfish! Wish I could release one that fast without a pic.
Mussels or not, the fish was stressed from a wound.
Just bustin your ballz buddy. :) You can't win this one.
Yes, people who are angling on Lake Erie are complaining of a lack of walleye. More specifically, they are complaining of what the fishery on Erie would be without commercial netting. This would include me. One thing I do not understand; they have farm raised catfish, why not farm raised walleye? Why take from a natural resource. (That is a hypothetical, I do understand about money). Pretty sure the fishers on LOW feel the same way about Indian netting. For the record, anyone who chastises this angler for snapping some photos and then releasing it are ridiculous, the reasons why have been mentioned, but come on and get a life.
New One
03-22-2006, 11:32 PM
Bigfish,
At the location these anglers were fishing, it is not illegal to weigh, picture, and measure a fish that has been foul hooked. So, these sportsmen were not breaking the law. They caught a trophy fish, and returned it. They did not have to do that. That fish has a much better chance of survival being dragged to a dock, measured, photo, and release than it would have hanging on a wall. Also, in the article it says they were very close to the dock. If it truly was a 25lb large mouth, it is the largest known large mouth. Who cares if it was foul hooked or not, that baby would be on my wall.
rspahr
03-22-2006, 11:47 PM
Hmmm. So netting fish is OK. But taking a picture of a fish and releasing it is not?