The Tennessee Wildlife Sources Company (TWRA) has confirmed a brand new report for largemouth bass, breaking the earlier report set greater than 11 years in the past. This new report fish was caught by Darren Nunley of Whitwell, Tennessee, on February twenty eighth, measuring 15 kilos, 7 1/2 ounces and 27 7/8 inches in size. This new report largemouth bass surpasses Gabe Eager’s report fish of 15 kilos, 3 ounces, which was caught on Friday the thirteenth in February 2015 out of Lake Chickamauga, which on the time had damaged a 60-year-old report.
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Nunley was fishing on Nickajack Lake, a reservoir on the Tennessee River that passes by means of Chattanooga, the morning of February twenty eighth. When round 8 a.m., whereas fishing a shallow grass mattress with a 1/2 ounce Z-Man JackHammer in inexperienced pumpkin, with a Hog Farmer Spunk Shad because the trailer, he received bit by the large woman. He fought the fish to the boat, with it by no means leaping however combating exhausting the entire approach, until it was netted. Nunley was utilizing 17-pound fluorocarbon take a look at line and a Shimano reel for his deal with.
After receiving directions from somebody on the Tennessee Wildlife Sources Company (TWRA), the fish was taken to a grocery retailer with a licensed scale, the place it was weighed within the presence of a TWRA officer as a witness, leading to an official weight of 15 kilos and seven.5 ounces. A fin clipping was taken by TWRA for genetic testing on the time, with the official outcomes being finalized on Could ninth. Whereas the Nunley would have appreciated to launch the fish after weighing it, the stress was an excessive amount of for the fish to outlive. He plans on having it mounted and on show at residence to memorialize his record-breaking catch.
