Largemouth Bass Record by State 2024 (2024)

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Southern California's Casitas and Castaic Lakes, and San Joaquin River offer the best largemouth bass fishing in the States. What state has the biggest bass? California (25 pounds) and Georgia (22 pounds) are known to have produced some of America's biggest bass. But Florida has more 8+ lb bass than all of them.

Southern California's Casitas and Castaic Lakes, and San Joaquin River offer the best largemouth bass fishing in the States. What state has the biggest bass? California (25 pounds) and Georgia (22 pounds) are known to have produced some of America's biggest bass. But Florida has more 8+ lb bass than all of them.

As you can see from the map, it's pretty obvious that if you want to go after the big fish, you have a better chance the further south you go. Georgia has the largest state record largemouth at 22 lbs 4 oz, while Alaska has the smallest at just 0.5 lbs (largemouth bass are not native to Alaska).

Largemouths over 10 pounds are extremely rare, and it takes the right conditions to grow them. While largemouth bass are found in all 50 states (yes, there are recorded catches in Alaska), giant bass are found mostly in the South, where they have longer feeding seasons and an abundance of forage.

One-year old bass average about seven inches in length and grow to an adult size of 10 inches in about 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 years. The oldest bass from Florida whose age has been determined by fisheries biologists was 16 year of age. Generally, trophy bass (10 pounds and larger) are about 10 years old.

Mac Weakley foul-hooked this massive Bass (25.01lb or 11.37kg) on 20 March 2006, in Lake Dixon, California, USA.

As you drive into the town of Eufaula, a sign proudly announces its claim to the “Big Bass Capital” title. The bass references are endless in this community on the Alabama side of the Chattahoochee River, where Lake Eufaula serves as the border between Alabama and Georgia.

Florida Memory • BASS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

On June 2nd, 1932, George Perry caught the current world record bass out of Lake Montgomery, an oxbow lake off the Ocmulgee River in southern Georgia. The fish (the whopper) weighed 22 pounds, 4 ounces.

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1) Okeechobee, Florida

The Sunshine State is the capital for U.S. bass fishing—and Lake Okeechobee is its crown jewel. With a surface area of 730 square miles, the lake itself offers a lifetime of bass fishing, not to mention the ponds, canals, and creeks in the area brimming with largemouths.

This process takes five to 10 days to complete, and the average lifespan of a Largemouth bass is 16 years. Mature Largemouth bass tend to live solitary lives, hiding among plants, roots or limbs to find advantageous positions to pursue prey.

The prizes include $1,000 for the biggest bass in each state and $5,000 more for a state record, $25,000 for the biggest bass in the country and the $1 million for a world record. The world record largemouth was caught in 1932 at Montgomery Lake, Ga. It weighed 22 pounds, 4 ounces.

“Golden largemouth bass are extremely rare and most anglers have never seen them, let alone heard of them before,” said Alex McCrickard, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) Aquatic Education Coordinator. “The fish is a product of a genetic mutation that alters the skin pigments called xanthism.

For decades, we bass anglers have been telling ourselves that a world record largemouth would be worth $1 million — maybe more — to the fisherman lucky enough to catch it. After all, the largemouth is the most sought-after and prized record in the entire world.

Lake Fork is the holder of the Texas Largemouth Bass rod and reel state record since 1992. Barry St. Clair reeled in an enviable 18.18 lb beast that was 25.5 inches long. The hefty fella was so heavy that Barry thought he had hooked a log!

The world-record largemouth bass, as recognized by IGFA, is a tie with George Perry's 22-pound, 4-ounce bass caught in Montgomery Lake, Georgia in 1932 and Manabu Kurita's 22-pound, 5-ounce bass caught in Lake Biwa, Japan in 2009.