Largemouth Bass World Records

A look at the International Game Fish Association world record holders for largemouth bass caught on a fly rod, listed in order of tippet/line class followed by fish weight, angler name, where and when it was caught:

2-pound tippet – 8 pounds, Herbert Ratner, Jr., Ligonier, Penn., June 25, 2001

4-pound tippet – 9 pounds, 11 oz., Dennis Ditmars, Lake Dixon, Escondido, Calif., April 26, 1999

6-pound tippet –14 pounds, 2 oz., John Lindsey, Jr., Lake Meredith, Texas, Oct. 20, 2000

8-pound tippet –13 pounds, 9 oz., Ned Sewell, Lake Morena, Calif., April 4, 1984

12-pound tippet –14 pounds, 8 oz., Larry Kurosaki, Castaic Lagoon, Castaic Calif., Feb. 24, 2007

16-pound tippet –12 pounds, 11 oz., Dennis Ditmars, Lake Dixon, Calif., April 30, 1998

20-pound tippet –9 pounds, 5 oz., Dennis Ditmars, Lake Poway, Calif., April 22, 1992

For more world records, check out the International Game Fish Association.