Japanese Ties Record for Biggest Largemouth Bass
By wchung | 03 Apr, 2026

In this undated photo provided by the International Game Fish Association shows Manabu Kurita of Aichi, Japan holding his July 2, 2009 record catch, a largemouth bass caught on Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake. (AP Photo/International Game Fish Association)

A man was being credited with tying the 77-year-old world record for catching the biggest largemouth bass. The International Game Fish Association announced Friday that it had confirmed the 22-pound, 4-ounce fish caught by Manabu Kurita. The Florida-based group said Kurita caught the fish July 2 on Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest lake.

Kurita’s fish tied the record of George Perry, who caught his bass on Georgia’s Montgomery Lake on June 2, 1932.

Kurita used 25-pound test line and a live blue gill as bait.

1/11/2010 4:29 PM DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP)