new world record?
 

I went to world records on the page and she was listed there.
"John Lindsey" wrote in message
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She and her bass are on IGFA's Pending Records page:

http://igfa.org/records/records.cfm

She caught it on 12 pound line last August.

Good luck to her. It takes quite a long time to get recorded.
John


"RGarri7470" wrote in message
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2212.1

This months issue of the International Game Fish Association newsletter
shows a
woman holding up a big bass. It says the fish was 29 inches long, 27.5
inches
fork length and 25 inch girth. It weighed just over 22.5 pounds on a
Bocagrip
scale.

IGFA is processing the application for a new world record. Wonder if it
will
make it. How accurate is the Bocagrip?

She caught it on a Storm Wildeye jerkbait in Spring Lake, California.


Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

new world record?
 

Post Office scales are more than adequate for my bass..





I fish therefore I lie

new world record?
 

In those days??? Georgia is still like that, aint it??


NO - nowadays those stores have gas pumps too!

But, the article by Babb says he left the general store and took it to the Post
Office. Maybe they had feed scales there, too.
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

new world record?
 

Where's the pic Ron?

Warren

In the IGFA newsletter - it also says she was fishing with her son out of a 13
foot inflatable boat, the fish hit a stormwildeye 7" jerkbait after she
switched to it from palstic worms and using 8 pound test line. Took her ten
minutes of "tugging" before her son netted it.
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

new world record?
 

RGarri7470 wrote:
the article by Babb says he left the general store and took it to the Post
Office.

In which case, probably remembered it backwards. The say the memory is the
2nd thing to go. I wish I could remember the 1st thing.


RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

new world record?
 

Y'all must have moved another step above Tennessee then. We still have to go
to the fillin' station.

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"RGarri7470" wrote in message
...
In those days??? Georgia is still like that, aint it??


NO - nowadays those stores have gas pumps too!

But, the article by Babb says he left the general store and took it to the
Post
Office. Maybe they had feed scales there, too.
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

new world record?
 

A Boca is one of Roland Martin's favorite toys, because it lips the fish and
weighs it at the same time. Very accurate to a 1/4 of a pound once
calibrated, and because of that fact, can be certified.

--
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new world record?
 

"Craig" wrote in message ...
A Boca is one of Roland Martin's favorite toys, because it lips the fish and
weighs it at the same time. Very accurate to a 1/4 of a pound once
calibrated, and because of that fact, can be certified.

It is a BOGA Grip (http://www.bogagrips.com) and yes they can be certified per IGFA standards.
However, to submit a catch and release record, the fish still has to be weighed on shore. The IGFA
will NOT accept weights taken while in a boat. It seems that the movement of the boat could cause
erroneous readings on the scale. Any fish that is submitted must be taken out of the boat and the
weigher must be standing on good ol' Terra Firma.
--
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new world record?
 

Actually PENDING means a lot more than IGFA got an application in the mail.
It means that IGFA got enough information to consider the application as
legitimate and IGFA approved the expense of processing the application
further

The listing below hers could be considered for a New Jersey waterbody record
or a child's record or a variety of possibilities. IGFA seems to be hired
by some states to maintain the state's records.

I do not know why IGFA placed this fish in the 12 pound class and not in the
All Tackle class.

Good luck.
John

..
"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Pending means nothing other than an application was submitted. Is the
listing below hers suggesting that the 3 pound 4 ounce bass would be the
12
pound line class record? Geeze...

Warren

"John Lindsey" wrote in message
...
She and her bass are on IGFA's Pending Records page:

http://igfa.org/records/records.cfm

She caught it on 12 pound line last August.

Good luck to her. It takes quite a long time to get recorded.
John


"RGarri7470" wrote in message
...
2212.1

This months issue of the International Game Fish Association
newsletter
shows a
woman holding up a big bass. It says the fish was 29 inches long,
27.5
inches
fork length and 25 inch girth. It weighed just over 22.5 pounds on a
Bocagrip
scale.

IGFA is processing the application for a new world record. Wonder if
it
will
make it. How accurate is the Bocagrip?

She caught it on a Storm Wildeye jerkbait in Spring Lake, California.


Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

new world record?
 

If her son netted her fish this could be a problem. IGFA rules say someone
else cannot "help" you land your fish. But someone else can net your fish
under specified conditions. If in analyzing the description of landing the
bass, the lady comes across as a weak wimp and needed help to get her fish
caught, it might be enough for IGFA to taint the record application and
reject it.

Also note the disparity between the story saying she was using a 8 pound
test line while she is pending in the 12 pound class. This is a big
difference! I can think of a possible explanation or two but I want to hear
IGFA's reason.

IGFA is the group that rates lines and tippets for the fishing tackle
manufacturers. IGFA's Doug Blodgett told me that when the testing lab
tested my tippet, it broke at 4.19 pounds although it was a 6 pound test
tippet. IGFA put me into the 6 pound class, not 4 pound class, because
Dai-Riki sold the tippet at 6 pounds, based upon IGFA testing. Doug said
that if my tippet had broken above 8 pounds, IGFA would have put me into the
8 pound class, regardless of the fact that I was using a 6 pound tippet.
This is a possible reason of why the lady was fishing with 8 pound test line
but IGFA has placed her into the pending 8 pound class.

Sounds like we need more information about this catch. Questions are coming
out.
Good luck.
John



"RGarri7470" wrote in message
...

Where's the pic Ron?

Warren

In the IGFA newsletter - it also says she was fishing with her son out of
a 13
foot inflatable boat, the fish hit a stormwildeye 7" jerkbait after she
switched to it from palstic worms and using 8 pound test line. Took her
ten
minutes of "tugging" before her son netted it.
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com