Possible picture of George Perry and his 22lber

[NickVT10]

Mysterious photo surfaces, purportedly of record largemouth bass caught in 1932 | Fox News

 

[BF4L]

Pretty cool. He is #2 on the list.

Pretty sure he will soon be #3. Castaic Lake in CA has 2 22 pounders that have been recorded and released back by 2 different fishermen.

 

[NickVT10]

I'm pretty sure that he is tied for #1. The Japanese guy didn't break it or he only beat it by an ounce and it had to be 2 ounces or something weird.

Also Dottie never had an official weigh in but was in the 25# range

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

I'm pretty sure that he is tied for #1. The Japanese guy didn't break it or he only beat it by an ounce and it had to be 2 ounces or something weird.

Also Dottie never had an official weigh in but was in the 25# range

correct.

 

[andyham7]

I was told it was caught with a lure that replicated a shiner, he also had an open face bait casting reel made by shakespeare. Both those items were rare to fish with in deep southern country lakes back then. Really rare to fish with anywhere except offshore in those days. Most folks used cane poles and live bait. (worms and crickets for panfish/shiners, frogs, and night crawlers for Bass/crawfish, perch, worms, soap and cheese for catfish) Cant say what Northern fishermen used for walleye and pike back then, I know Salmon and Trout fisherman mainly Fly fished.

 

[NEhomer]

That photo looks fake as hell.