Cody Pierce (age 14) kissed and released unharmed this 17.05 lb world record fish. He caught it in Lake Murray, California on a Texas rigged Western Plastics 4-inch straight tail worm rigged on an Owner American Rig-N-Hook #2. He was using a 6-foot Shimano Catana Graphite rod with a Shimano Bantam Crestfire CR200B spooled with Berkley Trilene 10lb. test.... that's right, 10lb test! This is Cody's 21st fish over 10 pounds!
This is Kevin Thomas and his Dad with three bass they caught on Lake Cumberland
in Kentucky in the Spring of '99. They were caught on live minnows and buzzbaits. They weren't weighed but they were released.
This 8-pound largemouth was caught in the fishing arm of Castaic Lake, California on a waterdog. Go to page 81
