FLA Record Bass Released?

Record class bass caught and released on Lake Kissimmee

A bass that would have re-written the Florida record books was reportedly caught and released on Lake Kissimmee this past Thursday. Dave Ochs, who manages Lake Rosalie Bait and Tackle, was pre-fishing for a tournament on Thursday when he caught the giant. The monster fell victim to a weightless Yamamoto Senko, and pushed an old dial scale to 19.20 pounds according to Ochs.

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I don’t know. Wish he would have gotten a better picture, unless this isn’t the fish.

Tough to release a state record!

This line cracked me up…
There are different formulas to roughly determine the weight of a bass, and depending on what formula is used from FWC’s Florida Bass Weight Calculator, the fish would have weighed anywhere from 14.6 to 19.4 pounds.
Huh? A 4.8lb difference depending on what formula you use?

Science!

I’d have no problem releasing a state record. My name in the books would mean nothing to me. Of course we know I don’t have to worry about ever making that call.

However, a world record. Hmm, if there was some money in it for me…

That fish does not look 19 pounds. He’s holding it way out towards the camera and it still doesn’t look that big. Maybe it’s just a bad picture, I mean it’s a nice bass no doubt, but 19 pounds?

It usually takes what, like a 40-44″ northern to be 20 pounds right?

Fishing for Big Bass in North Florida

C.C. Corey shiner fishing for big bass on Rodman Reservoir. This video features some of the better fish of the day

Catch’em before they take out Rodman Dam.

I follow a page about the springs on Facebook for cool pictures and info, but they annoy me with their political crap about the dam and other stuff. They’ll never take the dam out.