All Dylan Gilmore and Austin Lake were hoping for were some catfish on their trotline they set up on Ka-Tonka Lake in Ralls County, Mo. What they found was as record bass. The two anglers returned to the lake on April 28, and they saw that something had hit the goldfish they were using as [...]
Largemouth Bass Fishing
Angler Lands Record Largemouth on Trotline on Ka-Tonka Lake, Missouri
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Kayak Angler Lands Record Largemouth From Blanco River, Texas
Kirk Colvin is a U.S. Navy helicopter search and rescue swimmer, a senior at Texas State University, and, now, the largemouth bass record holder for the Blanco River. According to the San Marcos Record, Colvin was fishing on his kayak about 100 yards from the confluence of the Blanco and San Marcos River, casting his [...]
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Texas ShareLunker Season Ends with 174.22 Pounds of Bass
The Toyota Texas ShareLunker program seeks every 13-plus-pound bass caught in the state, so that Texas Parks and Wildlife can breed them and create even more monster largemouths. The season runs from October 1 through April 30, and this was a pretty banner year for the program. In all, 13 fish were caught weighing a [...]
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Local Anglers Treat Soldiers to Day of Fishing in New York’s Oneida Lake
Watertown, N.Y. is really known for two things: Great fishing and the home of Fort Drum Army base. And on April 29, those two things came together for a Take a Soldier Fishing tournament on nearby Oneida Lake. In all, 132 soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division, many just returning from a 13-month stint in [...]
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Mississippi Officials Want to Kill Bass at Calling Panther
Calling Panther Lake has only been opened since 2006, and officials are hoping a liberal bag limit on largemouth will encourage anglers to keep more fish. According to The Republic, “with schools of smaller fish building up, the limit was changed to 30 bass per day and allowed one fish over 20 inches to be [...]
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Record Largemouth Landed in South California’s Lake Skinner
Just like the striped bass, largemouth records seem to be falling quickly in southern California. Lake Skinner, located outside of Temecula, has been the home to plenty of 10-plus-pound bass, but the lake record has officially fallen, and the angler who caught it is no stranger to the big bass of Skinner. Chip Gilbert landed [...]
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Minnesota Lotto Partners with Outdoor Industries on Scratch Offs
How would you like to win some Muskie Money? How about some Walleye Winnings or Bass & Cash? These are all available where ever lottery tickets are sold in Minnesota, and in addition to cash, these fish-friendly scratch-offs have some perks thanks to outdoors partners. The Minnesota State Lottery’s four newest tickets all have a [...]
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Record Largemouth Landed in California’s Lake Perris
Southern California is a hot bed of big bass, and there is a new king lunker from Lake Perris just outside of Los Angeles. According to SDFish.com, Dan Hoover landed an 18.2-pound fish, and, if certified, the fish should take the lake record from the current 17.375-pounder. “Perris is known for big bass, and has [...]
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13-Plus-Pound Bass Found in Georgia Public Fishing Area
Georgia is home to one of the most famous bass ever caught, the George Perry, 22-pound, 4-ounce bass landed in Montgomery Lake is still recognized as the largest largemouth ever landed, but there is a bass in Ocmulgee Public Fishing Area that’s gaining on it. During a Georgia Department of Natural Resources survey, officials found [...]
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Official: N.C. Spotted Bass, Not a State Record
Results from genetic testing conducted on Trivette’s catch came back last Friday and determined that the fish he caught from Lake Norman on Feb. 11 was not a pure spotted bass but rather a hybrid from a largemouth bass female and spotted bass male. Because the fish, which currently swims in Bass Pro Shops’ 23,000-gallon [...]
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