Smallmouth Bass World Records

A look at the International Game Fish Association world record holders for smallmouth 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 – 5 pounds, 8 oz., Herbert Ratner, Jr., Lake Erie, Penn., May 7, 2000

4-pound tippet – 5 pounds, 8 oz., Herbert Ratner, Jr., Lake Erie, Penn., May 6, 2000

6-pound tippet – 6 pounds, Herbert Ratner, Jr., Lake Erie, Penn., July 9, 2000

8-pound tippet – 5 pounds, 4 oz., Daniel Marini, Barnstable, Mass., April 16, 2001

12-pound tippet – 5 pounds, 8 oz., Herbert Ratner, Jr., Pickwick Dam, Tenn., Oct. 2, 1996

16-pound tippet – 6 pounds, 4 oz., Ms. Pamela, McClelland, Pine Lake Mich., Aug. 12, 1995

20-pound tippet – 6 pounds, 12 oz., John Herrick, Basswood Lake, Minn., Aug. 30, 1997

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