They took a Rapala Rip-Stop 09, which is a great shallow water presentation, as it only dives 2 ft. Records courtesy of Georgia Outdoor News.. Striped Bass - Weight: 46 lbs. State Reported Top Georgia Lunkers Rank Weight Lake (State) Angler Date #1 22lb. The largemouth bass is the state fish of Georgia and Mississippi, official freshwater fish of Alabama and Florida, and the official sport fish of Tennessee. World-record class largemouth bass "Dottie" dies on Dixon Lake. 1985 Largemouth Bass - Weight: 17. Lake Lanier Fishing Records. The weight and measurements were taken, recorded and notarized in Helena, Georgia and Perry’s only reward was seventy-five dollars in merchandise as first prize in Field and Stream Magazine`s fishing contest. The longstanding record is one of the reasons that the largemouth bass was made Georgia 's Official State Fish. Believe it or not the world record largemouth bass belongs to two different anglers on the opposite side of the world.George Perry (Georgia) and Manabu Kurita (Japan) currently own a tie for the world record largemouth bass. 3 oz. https://www.basscastersusa.com/blogs/bass/largest-bass-caught-by-state Jan 28, 2007 #4. Largemouth Bass . Georgia – Largemouth bass at 22lb 4oz (Montgomery Lake) and smallmouth bass at 7lbs 2oz (Lake Chatuge). 9 oz.Angler: Emory Dunahoo Date: Dec. 19, 1965 Walleye - Weight: 8 pds. Montgomery Lake is today part of the Department of natural Resources' Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area. North Georgia Farm Ponds (Report courtesy of “Academy” Jack) — Fished for an hour this afternoon on a farm pond in North Georgia. Smallmouth Bass Upper jaw extends to about middle of eye Usually has vertical stripes along body 3 short spines on anal fin State Record … Cameron197 Senior Member. Current records for various species of fish in Georgia. Jan 28, 2007 #4. Angler: Roger Snipes; Spotted Bass - Weight: 8 lbs. Duck decoys work better on bass fishermen than they do ducks.-Dirt. https://www.bassmaster.com/news/george-perrys-world-record-bass Quite a few years ago there was a list compiled of the Georgia Largemouth records but I can't remember where the article was published from. The world record bass was caught in 1932 and weighed 22 pounds 4 ounces. The reason it sparked my interest was the comment of the quantity of 15lb plus bass that was regularly weighed in from Pond 4 … 4oz. Caught two Largemouth Bass, one was pretty nice and weighed around two pounds. The largemouth state record is also the world record. .5 oz, Angler: Patrick Bankston Date: May 20. Largemouth Bass Upper jaw extends beyond eye Spiny and soft dorsal fin separate or nearly so Tongue normally smooth, tooth patch rare World Record 22 lb. 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