World Record Bass Pictures – Top 10
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#1a Manabu Kurita (22.311 lbs) in 2009 – Manabu Kurita officially tied Perry’s record from 1932 but his fish did not weigh 2 ounces more than Perry’s so it did not officially beat it. -
#1a Georgy Perry (22.25 lbs) in 1932 -
#3 Bob Crupi (22.01 lbs) in 1991 -
#4 Michael Arujo (21.75 lbs) in 1991 -
#5 Jed Dickerson (21.688 lbs) in 2003 -
#6 Raymond Easley (21.2 lbs) in 1980 -
#7 Robert Crupi (21.01 lbs) in 1990 -
#8 Dave Zimmerlee (20.938* lbs) in 1973 – several anglers claimed to have seen Zimmerlee pull the dying bass from the water instead of actually catching it. Zimmerlee denies this claim. -
#9 Leo Torres (20.86 lbs) in 1990 -
#10 Mike Long (20.75* lbs) in 2001 – after an expose and in-depth report by Kellen Ellis titled The Dark Secret of “America’s Big Bass Guru” – all of Mike Long’s catches are now suspect.
