Rattletrap

It's not a fact that it was a new WR. No certified scale to confirm that, and no measurements. A picture and a video does not prove the weight. If you bring up that the digital scale cannot be off by 3lbs. It can be off that much if it's broken, or gets stuck. And it's most definitely not a IGFA certified scale. What were they doing out on the water alone with the bass? They also could have been out on the boat removing the weights. Who knows. The bottom line is that is not certified or verified. Everybody is guessing that it is a WR that's all. It is a big fish though. Just like all of those other 20lb plus Cali bass. No proof guys. Until next time. Keep on fishing!!!

Hmmmm. So, if accidently foul hook a bass. Could I get busted for possession during the time I'm trying to get the hook out to release the bass? Nope. Possession is not the issue because they released the bass. The mistakes made in not properly certfying the bass is what amazes me. I would have liked to have had certified proof that I released an illegal, foul hooked, WR bass. That would be my bragging rights.

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What were they discussing on there little get together on their boat. Removing the weights, or doctoring up the snag marks. ;D

If you look at the photos side by side, Dickerson's bass appears bigger.

I would love to fish those Cali waters. One of these days I might hold you to that offer.

I have foul hooked a few bass in my time. A single hook white jig in the Dorsal fin. Hmmmm....There might be some snagging off the beds going on in Cali. I sure hope that's not the case. Did they go out in the boat to discuss if there was a visible hook mark in the Dorsal fin, hoping the IGFA guys would not notice it? It gets fishier by the minute. : IMO. I believe that if there was nothing illegal going on that they would have cerified that Bass the IGFA way. :-?

I agree...........

If you want catfish. Start chumming with cut bait.

Now we have video proof that he caught a big bass. Now we have video proof of him blowing his chances at a WR. Poor guy.... :'(

I would have filleted it and fried up the egg roe. Mmmm, Mmmm goooood.

It's awesome that he caught a big bass. I just wish he had not made so many rookie mistakes at getting this fish ceritified. He was supposed to be a seasoned, Big Bass hunting veteran, who you would have thought would have had every IGFA certified tool to qualify a possible WR. It's just ashame that he blew his chances at a possible certfied top 3 ranking or better. :'(

World record. That remains to be heard. It's just a big fish that people say weighed 25lbs. A photo of a big bass. That's all they have. 25lb. No way. 20-21 lbs is more like.

I released two WR's here in Georgia. I did want to upstage George Perry.

No jealousy here. It's just funny how a So-called Cali, Big Bass hunter can make so many mistakes. It's also funny how how George Perry's mistakes don't apply here on this recent catch. It starting to look like an at your convenience thing. A photo and witnesses don't make for a WR these days. BTW. George Perry's WR would not stick in 2006 either. I could show you a photo of a big bass with some witnesses and say it's a 25lber. That won't make it a 25lber or a WR.

He caught a tank all right, but there is no solid proof that it was a 25lber. He blew his chances of staking that claim. A so-called Big Bass hunter should have known better. It's a big fish. But the photo looks like all the other big bass caught in Cali. No photos, no measurements. That's what's fishy about it. I would have taken some sure measures to prove that I foul hooked and released the new WR. You would think Cali boys would have learned that from George Perry's WR issues.

Sorry Cali. :-[ If it was not weighed on certified scales and witnessed, it won't count for anything. I can't believe, even if it was foul hooked, that this so called Big Bass hunter did not weigh it on certified scales anyway. That was plum crazy!!! But, it does let you know that a possible WR might be swimming around in Dixon Lake. Keep on fishing Cali boys!!!!

I need to take a week off and fish California. This Georgia boy will show ya how to earn a quick million. The Cali boys can't seem to get it right. I can read the headlines now," Georgia boy catches WR LMB in Californy". ;D

It takes a 20 year plus bass to reach record potential. Biologists say that the normal life expectancy is 13-15 years. That's one reason for Georgia maintaining the WR. And of course you will always have people screwing up and getting their bass disqualified. If I lived in an area that had WR potential, I'd would memorize the IGFA rules and have them posted on my boat. I'd have certified scales, video, and camera. Even with all of that, I'll find a tank big enough to hold that WR bass until the IGFA guys certify it themselves. It's all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$

Stripers eat both trout and bass. It will hurt the bass population. Getting their dinner and themselves eaten has to hurt their population.

There is. You cut them open and count the rings on there liver. LOL.....Just kidding.

In other words. If I'm fishing a rattlin rogue and the bass hits and is hooked in the side of the head, it's legal.

Hmmmm......Cheating the other fishermen out of a chance at a WR. That's sad. :-[ It's still a big fish though. Well, not really. It says right there that his camping permit ensures first access. my mistake. I thought I saw a not after does. I read it wrong.....

Hmmmm......Cheating the other fishermen out of a chance at a WR. That's sad. :-[ It's still a big fish though.

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