IGFA SAYS YES TO KURITA BASS!

Today, in a live press conference, the IGFA, announced that it has officially certified the catch of  Manabu Kurita, a 22.311 pound largemouth bass, making his bass the new world record largemouth bass.

While according to IGFA rules, the bass must exceed the current weight by 2 ounces to be called a new world record, trophy bass hunters and many tournament anglers, myself included, recognize that less than an ounce wins a tournament anywhere in the world, so in my book, this is the new world record bass. Bassmaster magazine lists it in the top 25 at the top of the list, as 1A above George Perrys record that stood for more than 77 years.

If you want to learn more about trophy bass fishing, or the tactics that Manabu Kurita uses, or watch videos and see photos of his bass and his baits that are not seen on ANY OTHER website, including Bassmaster, you can talk with him and others in the forums at Northeast Bass Fishing For Trophy Bass where he is a member and close friend of the owner.

Northeast Trophy Bass and a new World Record by Manabu Kurita. A Great Start to 2010!

CONGRATULATIONS MANABU KURITA! “A TRUE TROPHY BASS HUNTER”

StevevonBrandt Big Bass World Champ/NAFC Hall Of Fame angler

IGFA Theater | IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum

IGFA Theater | IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum

StevevonBrandt Big Bass World Champ/NAFC Hall Of Fame angler

IGFA To Announce Status Of New World Record Bass

The IGFA will announce the status of the new pending world record bass caught by Manabu Kurita LIVE in a press conference on Friday. read the whole story at Northeast Bass Fishing For Trophy Bass

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IGFA. WAKE UP!! The World Is Calling!

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What Is Wrong With The IGFA? What could possibly be wrong with the IGFA in approving Manabu Kurita’s new world record bass application? Even Bassmaster has conceded that this is the new record, that there is nothing wrong with the way or where he caught it, and even the JGFA has accepted it,which is tougher than t…he IGFA could ever be?? Yet they sit there on there hands waiting for what?? Read the whole story at http://delawaretrophybass.com

StevevonBrandt Big Bass World Champ/NAFC Hall Of Fame angler

Manabuta Kurita Interview With B.A.S.S. ?

Show me the yen!

By James Hall

Editor, Bassmaster Magazine

It has long been hypothesized that the next man to break the largemouth world record held by George W. Perry for the past 77 years would likel yearn upwards of a million dollars. The presumption is that all the manufacturers of tackle the lucky angler used, from lure to line to the brand of soda the fisherman was drinking, would offer endorsement deals to brag on their products.Manabu Kurita, catcher of the Lake Biwa goliath last July, is trying to cash in on his 22-pound, 5-ounce bass one interview at a time.

As I was finalizing plans for my upcoming trip to Japan, my contact there, Yasutaka Ogasawara (Oga forshort), informed me that the interview he had set up for me with Kurita had hit a small roadblock.

“What’s the issue?” I inquired.

“Mr. Kurita wants to know how much you will pay him for interview time?” Oga explained.

“We don’t do that, Oga,” I returned.

“I did not think so. I told him the system is different in U.S.,” he continued.

I went on to explain that Mr. Kurita would get exposure in the U.S. thathe could potentially leverage to earn money, but that’s as much as I could offer.

So, the interview with Mr. Kurita is up in the air.Hopefully he will decide that telling his story has exponentially more value than any amount of yen I could afford him.

Interview or no,I’ll report on how Kurita’s pending world record has affected thefishing community in Japan. As of this writing, the country still requires anglers to kill all bass caught.

I’ll also be talking with Japan’s best bass anglers to get their take on Kurita’s catch and providing a photo gallery from Lake Biwa.

If the timing’s right,we also hope to have Kurita’s reaction to the decision on his application from the International Game Fish Association.

read all about it and watch the videos and see pictures of this bass that do not appear on any site at Northeast Trophy Bass

StevevonBrandt Big Bass World Champ/NAFC Hall Of Fame angler

Breaking News! New World Record Bass Application from Japan Received Today At IGFA 9/15/09

BREAKING NEWS SEPTEMBER 15th, 2009
IGFA receives documentation, photos on pending world record largemouth bass caught in Japan

Weight matches current IGFA record held for 77 years by Georgia’s George Perry
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DANIA BEACH, Fla. USA, (September 15, 2009) — Documentation for a much talked about 22 lb 4 oz largemouth bass, caught from Japan’s largest lake in July, has arrived into the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) headquarters for world record recognition.

Late Monday, the IGFA, the 70-year old non-profit fisheries conservation, education and record-keeping body, received the application for the largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), caught July 2, by Manabu Kurita, 32, of Aichi, Japan. IGFA rules for fish caught outside the U.S. allows anglers 90 days to submit their applications from the date of their catch.
IGFA conservation director Jason Schratwieser said the World All-Tackle application is currently under review after it was received through the Japan Game Fish Association (JGFA).
Schratwieser said the application stated the bass weighed 10.12 kg (22 lbs 4 ozs) and was pulled from Lake Biwa an ancient reservoir northeast of Kyoto. Photos and video were also submitted with the written documentation.
Kurita’s fish would tie the current record held for over 77 years by George Perry caught on Georgia’s Montgomery Lake, June 2, 1932, near Jacksonville, Georgia.
In North America the largemouth bass, and especially the All-Tackle record, is considered by millions of anglers as the “holy grail” of freshwater fish because of its popularity and the longevity of Perry’s record.
Largemouth bass have also been introduced in many countries and in Japan fisheries officials consider it an invasive species. In addition, because bass are not native and are stocked in Japan, many speculated that the big bass was a sterile triploid. However when biologists in Japan examined the ova of the big female they concluded that the fish was not triploid.
IGFA World Records Coordinator Becky Wright reported Kurita’s fish measured 27.20 inches in length and an almost equal girth of 26.77 inches. She said Kurita was using a blue gill as live bait trolling through a canal.
A decision by the IGFA of whether Kurita’s fish will tie Perry’s record may take up to a month.
“We have a formal relationship with our sister organization, the Japan Game Fish Association where they first collect and review record applications for fish caught in Japan,” said Schratwieser. “It works out well because they not only translate applications but can also contact the angler if more documentation is needed.
“We still have a number of questions to ask them and Kurita regarding local laws and the area he caught it in while he was trolling through a canal on the lake,” said Schratwieser.
“We hope to make an announcement in three to four weeks.”
Annually the IGFA publishes a comprehensive list of current records on nearly 1100 species of fresh and saltwater fish across the globe in its highly acclaimed World Record Game Fishes (WRGF) book which is divided into all-tackle, line classes, fly, and junior record categories.
The IGFA has been recognized as the official keeper of world saltwater fishing records since its founding in 1939. In 1978 it added the field of freshwater record-keeping when Field & Stream magazine transferred its 68 years of records to the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum, the association’s world headquarters in Dania Beach, Fla.
The IGFA is a not-for-profit organization committed to the conservation of game fish and promotion of responsible, ethical angling practices through science, education, rule making and record keeping. IGFA members are located in over 125 countries and territories. The IGFA welcomes visitors to its interactive Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum in Dania Beach, Florida.
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