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New World Record Bass Decision To Be Announced

Glenn
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The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) will be holding a news  conference on Friday, January 8th at 1:30 p.m. ET to announce its decision on a potential All-Tackle world record of a 22 lb 4  oz largemouth bass caught this past summer in  Japan. 

The  announcement comes six months after it was caught July 2, 2009, by Manabu  Kurita of Aichi,  Japan, and  nearly four months since the documentation was received at the IGFA's world  headquarters in Dania Beach, Fla. USA. 

What followed was  extensive research and information gathering by the IGFA and its sister  organization the Japan Game Fish Association  (JGFA).   

The IGFA never announces a decision via a press conference, so this is a major shift.  And this could indicate a new world record is about to be announced.

Stay tuned....

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    This has been driving me crazy!!!! i think only american fish should be allowed to win http://www.bassresource.com/fishing-forum/Templates/Forum/default/grin.gif

    The "I" in IGFA is the problem. But, have it your way, and we can relinquish our brown trout record to Germany, and whatever other non native records we hold, LOL..

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    This has been driving me crazy!!!! i think only american fish should be allowed to win http://www.bassresource.com/fishing-forum/Templates/Forum/default/grin.gif

    No offense, but that was either not well thought out or just stupid. If it was "JUST the United States", it OBVIOUSLY wouldn't be a WORLD record.

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    I guess dude a few posts above doesn't grasp the concept of "world" record...

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    I hope he gets the tie. He submitted the weight at 22lbs 40z. Not bigger, but the same weight. This is the weight after they checked the scale used to weigh the fish. Soooo the 2oz rule is not an issue for this fish.

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    So what did they do with the fish after he caught it did they keep it alive and put him in a big fish tank or did the guy mount him and keep him?

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    This has been driving me crazy!!!! i think only american fish should be allowed to win http://www.bassresource.com/fishing-forum/Templates/Forum/default/grin.gif

    The "I" in IGFA is the problem. But, have it your way, and we can relinquish our brown trout record to Germany, and whatever other non native records we hold, LOL..

    i thought the brown trout record just got broke again and it was here or canada , and the same guys broke the rainbow trout record .....

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    • Super User
    that or im just a moron!

    No you are not a moron , you just stuck your foot in your mouth.

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    I hope he gets the tie. He submitted the weight at 22lbs 40z. Not bigger, but the same weight. This is the weight after they checked the scale used to weigh the fish. Soooo the 2oz rule is not an issue for this fish.

    Where did you here 22-4. I just read an artical is BASS Master's jan 2010 issue that said 22-5? What weight got submitted to the IGFA?

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    ESPN and Bassmaster will be posting a video up of IGFA's decision on their homepage if anyone is interested.  There should be something up any time now...

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    We beat them to it: http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1262975946/0

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    • Super User
    This has been driving me crazy!!!! i think only american fish should be allowed to win http://www.bassresource.com/fishing-forum/Templates/Forum/default/grin.gif

    The "I" in IGFA is the problem. But, have it your way, and we can relinquish our brown trout record to Germany, and whatever other non native records we hold, LOL..

    i thought the brown trout record just got broke again and it was here or canada , and the same guys broke the rainbow trout record .....

    What kingbass was getting at is that the record should come from the country that the species is from, i.e. its normal range.  The problem with that is so many species have been transported all over the place, that there is no real way to determine its "natural range."  IGFA only cares about the biggest, legal catch, in simpler terms.

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    • Super User
    I stand corrected. It was 22-4.97

    The IGFA decides to list the weight as a tie; 22 lbs 4 ounces and it should be listed at 22 lbs 4.97 ounces.

    Lets wait and see what gets published officially.

    If the 22 lbs 4 ounces is listed, as stated by the IGFA, then Kurita should formally request a weight correction.

    Tom

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    A lot has been written recently about Manabu Kurita, a 32 year old trophy bass hunter from Japan, about his catch of the new world record largemouth bass.

    In case you have been living in a cave, he caught a 22.311 pound largemouth bass on July2, 2009, from one of Japan's oldest lakes, Lake Biwa, a 165,000 acre lake, surpassing George Perry's long standing record of 77 years.

    It is illegal to release bass back into the lake in Japan as the Japanese government considers them an invasive species and is trying to irradicate them and the Bluegill that reside there.

    This however has nothing to do with the attitude of the majority of Japanese bass anglers or Manabu Kurita regarding this highly prized gamefish.

    Manabu is one of my closest friends and has proven his dedication and honesty to me many times over in the past year.

    Many of you may have seen the article that appeared recently in Bassmaster magazine on Manabu Kurita and his trophy hunting tactics.

    After this article appeared I got many comments on his methods from all over the world, some good, some bad, but, i will tell you now that there is no other trophy bass hunter alive today who is more dedicated and more commited to the pursuit and preservation of trophy largemouth bass than my friend Manabu Kurita.

    He is shy and unassuming and his honesty is very refreshing.

    He has taken more giant bass on swimbaits, the "Mother" in particular, which he designed himself, than most other anglers could ever hope to see in their lifetime.

    Before he landed the new world record bass this year, he already held the lake record for Lake Biwa, with an 18 pound behemoth he caught in 2008 on the "Mother' swimbait.

    Congratulations to Manabu Kurita. He is a true trophy hunter dedicated to the pursuit of world record bass like no other. I am proud to say that in the past year he has become one of my closest friends, Another person who helps him a great deal but receives no real credit is Reika Ishaguro who designs his website, communicates his thoughts and wishes to me and others, and also is a great angler in her own right.

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