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DANIA BEACH, Fla. -- 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.
AP Photo - 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. After nearly six months of waiting, he taking his place along side another angler, as dual holders of the All-Tackle record for largemouth bass each weighing 22 lb 4 oz and caught 77 years apart.
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.
AP Photo - 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. After nearly six months of waiting, he taking his place along side another angler, as dual holders of the All-Tackle record for largemouth bass each weighing 22 lb 4 oz and caught 77 years apart.