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[Bird dog]

http://www.tulsaworl...280382&allcom=1

[Dwight Hottle]

2012 will probably go down as THE YEAR of big bass & new state records.

[retiredbosn]

caught it on a jig awesome, not the alabama rig even better

[KansasBassin]

Wow awesome fish, I think Dwight is right though about 2012 being a big year

[Captain Shane Procell]

That is awesome!

[scrutch]

Great catch. Terrible decision afterwards. The fish was kept and was going to be made into a wall mount. Nothing like removing the best line of genetics in the lake! It was about to spawn. You would think that a tournament fisherman would know better!

Take a ton of pics and measurements and release her! Retarded!

[Ozarksman]

That's a big one

[Bluebasser86]

Hopefully he has everything squared away so this one doesn't go down like Arkansas' record did.

[retiredbosn]

Great catch. Terrible decision afterwards. The fish was kept and was going to be made into a wall mount. Nothing like removing the best line of genetics in the lake! It was about to spawn. You would think that a tournament fisherman would know better!

Take a ton of pics and measurements and release her! Retarded!

The requirements to verify a state record varies, some states require verification from a Game Warden, others you need witnesses, but all require a certified scale. You can depending on the state have your scale certified but not all. In short if someone wants the accolades of having caught the state record there may be no other way, it will have to removed from the water to be verified. Add to that if he was using a Mustad hook, he may want the 100k from Mustad. Additionally there is no way to conclusively state that he removed the best genetics, unless of course someone has electo-fished the entire lake and knows without a doubt that was the biggest fish. I was told by a biologist that a lake in WV holds the new state record there, in fact there are several in the lake that will shatter the state record, but I recieved that info about 5 years ago, and the old state record is still intact.

[MaineBassFishin]

Great catch. Terrible decision afterwards. The fish was kept and was going to be made into a wall mount. Nothing like removing the best line of genetics in the lake! It was about to spawn. You would think that a tournament fisherman would know better!

Take a ton of pics and measurements and release her! Retarded!

They have to keep it if they want the state record..

[scrutch]

They have to keep it if they want the state record..

There has to be a good way to get it weighed and all that state record stuff done without killing the fish. The pro tours do it every week.

[Bird dog]

Add to that if he was using a Mustad hook, he may want the 100k from Mustad.

I thought about that, but the article says that he caught it on a 1/4 oz Strike King jig. I believe the only 1/4 oz jig that Strike King makes is the Bitsy Bug, and it has a Gamakatsu hook. The Denny Brauer Premier jig is made with a Mustad hook, but it doesn't come in 1/4 oz.

There has to be a good way to get it weighed and all that state record stuff done without killing the fish. The pro tours do it every week.

The pros don't fish out of jon boats. Sure, it would have been nice to see that fish released, but what he did was perfectly legal.

[preach4bass]

Great catch. Terrible decision afterwards. The fish was kept and was going to be made into a wall mount. Nothing like removing the best line of genetics in the lake! It was about to spawn. You would think that a tournament fisherman would know better!

Take a ton of pics and measurements and release her! Retarded!

Ray Scott (who is the father of catch and release bass fishing) said, in an article a few years ago, that if someone caught the world record bass, they should keep it instead of releasing it. In my opinion, the same thing goes for a state record. I know if I caught the NC record, folks would just have to talk junk about me, because that thing would be hanging on my wall!

Congratulations to the lucky angler!

[scrutch]

All good valid points. IMO if I caught it, I'd do everything I could possibly do to keep it alive, then after the circus is over, turn her loose. I'd have a replica mount made, and then I'd go out again and again to try to catch her again. Just my .02.

[Mountain Angler]

Thats awesome and i agree 2012 is the year of big fish