| Many people go to Florida to fish for that trophy | | | | 20 pound plus bass look like? 22 of 25 of the |
| bass but did you know that 4 other states have | | | | largest bass ever recorded has come from |
| a bigger state record than Florida? Not only that | | | | California. The next world record bass in my |
| but one of the states is said to have produced a | | | | opinion, is going to be from the lakes of San |
| new world record. | | | | Diego water system. Just look at the stats: |
| Florida's record bass is 17.27 pounds, but others | | | | Dixon: 21 pounds 11 ounce bass |
| often cite an uncertified fish of 20.125 pounds (a | | | | Jennings: 18 pounds plus |
| fisheries biologist did not physically see the fish to | | | | Murray: 18 pounds plus |
| certify it). Leaha Trew supposely caught a new | | | | Poway: 18 pound 2 ounce |
| world record largemouth in California. It weighed | | | | These are just a few of the lakes, all the lakes |
| 22 pounds, 8 ounces, beating George Perry's 1932 | | | | holds monster bass. Not only that, there are big |
| record catch by 4 ounces. The problem is there | | | | bass all over California, Leaha Trew caught her |
| was only one picture taken of it and it wasn't | | | | bass in Sonoma County. While I am not taking |
| certified by a biologist or a California state fish | | | | anything away from Florida, as I have lived there |
| and game offical. | | | | and seen many 10 pound plus bass taken from |
| Where is the next world record coming from? | | | | there, California is growing bigger bass and people |
| Florida, Georgia, Mississippi or Texas? More than | | | | are catching them. |
| likely it will be from California. Gregg Silks has | | | | Just check with the water district before you plan |
| already caught 2 bass over twenty pounds and | | | | a trip as some have restrictions and are closed at |
| says he has lost a world record fish of 24 pounds. | | | | certain times. |
| Who is to argue with him since he knows what | | | | |