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Post by davep on Jan 31, 2008 9:49:15 GMT -5
Guy caught a 11.288# largemouth in Potomac last weekend during a tourney. Old record was 11.2,tidal was even less, so he holds both now. Fish is in quarantine tank at Bass Pro up in AACo.
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Jan 31, 2008 20:23:48 GMT -5
Very Cool. Any pics?
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Post by bucksathome on Jan 31, 2008 20:28:01 GMT -5
awesome!!!!
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Post by brettgerhart on Jan 31, 2008 20:43:48 GMT -5
That beats the River record by a lot!! I will be going to BB sunday to see it! Need to spend my 100 gift cards anyways!!
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Post by davep on Jan 31, 2008 21:33:33 GMT -5
I just saw a pic in today's Washington Times:Gene Mueller's section in Sports. May be online a well.
If it's in their quarantine tank, you won't see it.
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Post by busco on Feb 1, 2008 9:42:42 GMT -5
Thats a record!! I threw that one back thought he would be tough eating ;D ;D congrats been a loong time since I caught anything over 4
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Feb 1, 2008 10:30:36 GMT -5
Yummy!
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Feb 1, 2008 17:18:49 GMT -5
HOWARD County Angler Sets New State Record with Largemouth Bass Catch One of the Largest Tidal Largemouth Bass Ever Caught in North America Marshall Hall, MD — Justin Riley of Woodbine, Md. was fishing with his father, Ed, in the upper tidal waters of the Potomac River near Prince George’s County on Saturday, Jan. 26 when he hooked and landed the largest recorded largemouth bass ever caught in Maryland waters. After a ten minute fight with a fish that would just not budge from the deep water, Justin and his dad caught their first glimpse of the huge fish at the water’s surface next to their boat. “We just couldn’t believe the numbers when the still live bass was gently placed upon the scale,” said Riley. Weighing in at a whopping 11 pounds and 2.88 ounces and measuring 24.25 inches long, Riley’s catch surpasses the long standing 1975 Chesapeake Division of the Maryland Sport Fishing Record for largemouth bass. The previous record largemouth bass was caught in 1975 by J.D. Noell in the Pocomoke River on Maryland’s lower Eastern Shore and weighed 9 pounds and 1 ounce. Riley’s catch also surpasses the largest inland water largemouth bass ever caught, an 11-pound, 2-ounce fish caught by Rodney Cockrell in 1984 from a private farm pond in Calvert County. “Mr. Riley’s historic catch illustrations Maryland’s superb year-round fishing opportunities,” said Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary John R. Griffin. A lifelong angler, 26-year old Justin Riley is no stranger to fishing for largemouth bass and has been fishing with his father in local tournaments since he was a young boy. On Tuesday, the father-son team was jigging on a deep water drop-off where they had to break up the morning’s skim ice on the cove before beginning fishing. The Rileys kept the fish alive after the Angler’s Choice tournament weigh-in in Marshall Hall. The record largemouth bass will reside in a public fish display at Bass Pro Shop in Arundel Mills Mall in Hanover, Md.
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