OH Ivie.

Because of course lol

 

The whole country boutta be at that lake ?

https://www.fieldandstream.com/fishing/angler-catches-world-record-meanmouth-bass/

Cool Bass ~ 

And what Giant !

Congrats to Mr Stanford.

That one may stand for a minute or two.

A-Jay

Congratulations to Mr. Standford for catching a 11.07 pound meanmouth bass hybrid. From what I read the old record was 7.6 pounds so he beat that record by several pounds.

It's a doozy! Good on him for getting it back in quickly and I hope he keeps his title for a good while. Pretty fish!!

 

 

                                

That’s awesome he was able to get everything needed for the record and his replica mount in around 2 hours safely returned where she was caught.

Hmm...

I am all about Catch & Release, but I'm keeping a World Record.

 

That’s a real record and a beautiful bass! 

Wow, that lake has been productive........here come the boats. Lol

Wow no respect from the dog.  Didn't even bother to stand up to get a good luck.

Looks like a smallmouth to me . 

absolute beast

That is a beast. 

Im 45 and have never heard of a mean mouth.  She sure is a big one though!

Congrats to Brady Stanford on a monster fish.

 

This was deemed a mean mouth at a tournament this past fall on my home lake. At 4 lb 4 oz I have quite a way to go to catch Brady lol.

 

 

It looks so much like a smallie to me. Is the mean mouth a hybrid of an LMB and SMB? Regardless, still one amazing fish. 

1 minute ago, islandbass said:

It looks so much like a smallie to me. Is the mean mouth a hybrid of an LMB and SMB? Regardless, still one amazing fish. 

Meanmouths are either LMB/SMB or Spotted/SMB hybrids.

I think it's cool he released the fish, hope it survived. Better than, "Yep, she's the biggest on the planet, a real one of a kind beaut', grew and stayed alive somehow for many many years. Looks great up there next to the Coors Light neon, dunnit?"

8 minutes ago, schplurg said:

I think it's cool he released the fish, hope it survived. Better than, "Yep, she's the biggest on the planet, a real one of a kind beaut', grew and stayed alive somehow for many many years. Looks great up there next to the Coors Light neon, dunnit?"

I totally agree, I would absolutely get enough for a replica to be made but for me the fish must live on. Spread them jeans or whatever.

5 hours ago, thediscochef said:

I totally agree, I would absolutely get enough for a replica to be made but for me the fish must live on. Spread them jeans or whatever.

Papaw and mamaw have already spread their genes then retired (also hybrids typically can’t have offspring)

13 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Papaw and mamaw have already spread their genes then retired (also hybrids typically can’t have offspring)

 

 

                                        

Though hybrids can’t reproduce, they can get bigger after being released 

 

do people ever catch regular ole pure strain smallmouth in that lake? 

3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Though hybrids can’t reproduce, they can get bigger after being released 

 

It would appear that lake record smallmouth have been caught there in the last couple of years as well

Just now, thediscochef said:

 

It would appear that lake record smallmouth have been caught there in the last couple of years as well

I would imagine they might have a chance at breaking world record smallmouth if there are a good many in there 

Amazing fact is that the pending world record meanmouth is still smaller than the world record smallmouth a tribute to David Hayes' accomplishment.