Topic: The world record spotted bass (WELL ALMOST) (Read 6848 times)

missouribassman · « **on:** May 01, 2007, 09:10:56 PM »

I have been asked to tell the story on my spotted bass so here goes. First of all I had not fished long enough to tell the diff. in a LM or a spotted bass so remember this through the story. My brother inlaw asked if I wanted to go fishin' w/ him at a local lake (big pond) and of course I said I would, so off we were to this place where two bodies of water were pretty close together, We fished the bigger one for a while and I had that "gut instinct" that told me to go to the smaller of the two. Asked B.I.L (kevin) about it and he said"There aint no fish in it but go ahead." So I cast by an old wooden dock w/ a 7 1/2 tequilla shad Culprit worm and as soon as it hit the bottom......BOOM, the fight was on!! To make a long story short about the "world record" part of it, I took to fish to a guy that I heard done good work and they failed to tell me he had a younger boy skinning the fish for him. Anyway the kid didn't know what it was either so he skinned it. The taxidermest calls me,ask if I knew what I had caught and I said "A largemouth I think>?" His reply shocked me big time!! He said"Not only do you have a state record spotted bass,it's probably a world record." My reply was "What the......" So I live now knowing that there is a world record spotted bass on my wall and I was too ignorant to know at that time but... I know the difference now by golly!!! 11.6 pound spotted bass

Waterwings · « **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2007, 06:26:43 AM »

Dang, that's one nice Spot!!!

GMAN · « **Reply #2 on:** May 02, 2007, 07:18:21 AM »

that is one monster fish. Thanks for posting it.

JackJ · « **Reply #3 on:** May 02, 2007, 08:07:19 AM »

Amazing fish and one I would love to catch!!

Here is the current world record spotted bass, which was nearly 2 lbs lighter...

Carter · « **Reply #4 on:** May 02, 2007, 09:04:57 AM »

That is one heck of a spot!

E_Bassfisher · « **Reply #5 on:** May 02, 2007, 11:10:41 AM »

dang, thats a HUGE spot, wow!

E_Bassfisher · « **Reply #6 on:** May 02, 2007, 11:11:19 AM »

Quote from: JackJ on May 02, 2007, 08:07:19 AM

Amazing fish and one I would love to catch!!

Here is the current world record spotted bass, which was nearly 2 lbs lighter...

that fish weighed 10.27 lbs. ( http://www.insideline.net/2001/news/world-record-spot.html )
11.6 is absolutly monsterous!!!

Bankbeater · « **Reply #7 on:** May 03, 2007, 06:05:28 AM »

Way to go!

Buzzbait · « **Reply #8 on:** May 03, 2007, 07:40:07 PM »

Congrats on the "almost" world record spotted bass! That's huge! Uh, both of them!

Buzzbait

Crossbow · « **Reply #9 on:** May 04, 2007, 12:07:22 PM »

WOW what a hawg ya got there. Seems they would have known this when you took her in to have mounted. Sorry to hear they messed it up before letting you know.

missouribassman · « **Reply #10 on:** May 27, 2007, 02:52:17 PM »

Well that's what I was saying about the kid that skinned it. He didn't know the difference and when I brought it in I had it in a towel all wrapped up.

kwchannell89 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 25, 2007, 02:04:44 PM »

wow, I cant believe that. It a huge spotted bass.

GMAN · « **Reply #12 on:** June 25, 2007, 02:09:35 PM »

I'd like to catch one 1/2 that size.

nocatchn · « **Reply #13 on:** June 25, 2007, 02:51:53 PM »

very nice spot!!!

missouribassman · « **Reply #14 on:** June 25, 2007, 07:15:57 PM »

Thanks guys, I hope I get to experience another great catch like that spot but even if I don't, I will never forget that one!!

BucksOwin · « **Reply #15 on:** May 28, 2010, 11:22:03 AM »

Congratulations on the monster spot! Even though "unrecognized", it must feel pretty good to have a mount of a fish that smashes the official record by more than a full pound! My biggest bass to date is a Shasta Lake spot....Caught in Jan/09 on a bomber crankbait, it weighed 7.11 lbs on certified scale. I think the next record spot will likely come from either Pine Flat Reservoir or Lake Shasta. There have been spots taken from Shasta that were "undocumented" but have gone 10+ lbs....

GMAN · « **Reply #16 on:** May 28, 2010, 12:06:50 PM »

wow thats a nice spot!!!

JackJ · « **Reply #17 on:** May 28, 2010, 02:02:36 PM »

Very nice. They have shocked up spots bigger than the worlds record on the Warrior River here, but catching them is a different story!

Carter · « **Reply #18 on:** May 28, 2010, 02:59:51 PM »

That is a big ol' spot!

cutbait88 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 28, 2010, 04:38:27 PM »

i believe the next world record will come from the oliver pool ive heard the california spots are originally smith lake spots

Buzzbait · « **Reply #20 on:** May 28, 2010, 08:22:41 PM »

Just think if those were Coosa spots out there.

Buck, Is Lake Elsenor(sp?) still a canidate lake for that record spot or is it mainly largemouth these day. I've never fished any of those but I use to "check on them" from time to time. Bob Cruipi was mainly the fisherman I check on. He seemed to be a fish catching son of a gun for a long time out that way.

Nice fish for sure Buck!

And welcome to the site!

cutbait88 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 29, 2010, 08:34:33 AM »

if they were coosa spots and got to the size of the largemouth you couldnt go in the water

BucksOwin · « **Reply #22 on:** June 02, 2010, 02:44:43 PM »

Quote from: cutbait88 on May 28, 2010, 04:38:27 PM

i believe the next world record will come from the oliver pool ive heard the california spots are originally smith lake spots

I've heard that too, that the original spots planted in the early 80's were from Lewis Smith Reservoir...From what I've researched online, Lk Shasta has perfect conditions for spots and a high rate of survival for spawn....At any rate 4-5 pounders are fairly common here, and one can catch and release 100 fish a day under the right conditions...

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