diggyj Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Video of world record Bass chasers from National Geographic. She is one big "HAWG" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Thats a tank. I love the comments too, some people are completely clueless. "If you catch it, eat it. Catching it for sport is just immoral" right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunker777 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 hmmm its not showing up for me ! says the video has been removed and yes... you gotta love the comments eh ? Some people just dont know ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwl Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 that is a huge bass and I realize in some places there are different regs than here what bugged me was comments like...."get out there every day during the spawning season" and also the fact that they retained a snagged fish to bring it in and get weighed ect on a rope....if that where here in Ontario, soon as the fish was put on a stringer, that's an illegally kept snagged fish 25lbs sure is one honkin bucket for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 LOL nice fish from a 70 acre pond? http://www.californiagameandfish.com/fishi...g/ca_aa010704a/ Must be the trout diet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSmallie Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Spawning season is when the big ones are at their heaviest. It's a fact of life fishing the spawn in the south and the next world record will be a spawning fish without a doubt. The next world record was caught but the hook was on the outside of the mouth and California laws say that it has to be inside the mouth so he let it go. 'Dottie' had been watched for years by one angler and she ended up being found dead presumably dying of old age. A 'snagged' fish in California is different than a snagged fish here. If you catch a fish with a jerkbait and the hooks pull out of the mouth or the fish get stuck outside the mouth that is a legal fish in Ontario as you weren't purposely trying to snag the fish in California your supposed to release that same fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwl Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 I personally.."legal" or not would never consider a fish caught "around" the mouth a legal fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) I don't know. I seems to me that fishing for bass during the spawn is wrong. Basically this guy cruises the egde of the lake in the shallows and when he spots an egg laiden female he tries to entice a strike out of her, in order to get one at it's heaviest. This last catch was snagged. I think there is a difference between sportsmanship and gamesmenship. Edited February 10, 2009 by hammercarp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cram Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Catching a spawning bass is just wrong. And too easy to be considered an accomplishment. They will bite pepsi cans when they're spawning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Foul hooked or not... Thats one nice Bass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purekgw Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 i think it ate a small dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 wow 25lbs...Would that of been the world record largemouth bass if it were legally caught? What a amazing fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Great fish, almost as fat as some of the carp swimming around I dont agree with the way they fish, just cruising around looking for nice fat bass during spawning season. At the end they did the right thing and let the fish go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSmallie Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 That fish was worth millions in endorsements. The way they hunted that fish was no different than hunting an animal. You pre-scout, sometime bait the area and wait for that perfect time and opportunity to take your shot. These guys spent a lot of time on the water for that one shot and got unlucky. Could be years before another one like that comes along. Here's the follow up article http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/fishing...ecord_bass_dies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musky66 Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Sorry, looked like shooting fish in a barrel to me. I wouldn't consider that 'fishing' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purekgw Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 to bad that dottie died Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSmallie Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 That wasn't actual footage of them catching the fish......that was actual footage on the dock. That guy spent 70 days in a row on the water if that's not fishing than I don't know what is. To catch the same fish 5 years later is incredible. To have a shot at pitching a jig to the Biggest Freaking Bass in the World is nothing short of astounding! But I guess your right thats not what fishing is all about.......pass me the worms and a bobber...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purekgw Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 ill have to catch a 28lb large mouth this summer and become famous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pike slayer Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 i would have kept my mouth shut about the snagging lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cram Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 That wasn't actual footage of them catching the fish......that was actual footage on the dock. That guy spent 70 days in a row on the water if that's not fishing than I don't know what is. To catch the same fish 5 years later is incredible. To have a shot at pitching a jig to the Biggest Freaking Bass in the World is nothing short of astounding! But I guess your right thats not what fishing is all about.......pass me the worms and a bobber...... Exciting for sure, and an admirable conquest....but fishing for spawning bass just isn`t fishing. They strike more in defense of their nest than to eat.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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