Darn it, Cecil! You really had me excited. I really had been expecting to see a new record LMB from California. However, it looks like this was not the one. Just found the following story online:
So much for that world record at Clear Lake
By Terry Knight -- Record-Bee outdoors writer
LAKEPORT -- It turned out to be just another tall fishing tale.
Reports received by the Record-Bee on Tuesday that a fisherman prefishing for the FLW-EverStart Pro-Am Bass Tournament on Clear Lake, which got under way Wednesday, had reeled in a 22-pound, 7-ounce bass were not correct.
In fact, the reports weren't even close -- by more than 8 pounds.
If the story had been true, that fish would have established a new world record, beating out the 22-pound, 4-ounce fish caught in 1932 in Georgia.
Interviewed on Wednes-day, several fishermen who witnessed what was believed to be a new world-record catch said the bass in question weighed closer to 14 pounds, not 22. The fisherman who caught the 14-pounder said he never claimed it was a world record and doesn't know how the story got started. Never-theless, erroneous reports that a 22-pound-plus bass had been caught spread like wildfire, not only in Lake County but throughout the United States via Internet reports.
The Record-Bee and Lake County tackle shops received several telephone calls from as far away as Florida as both newspapers and fishing and hunting magazines inquired about the "new world record."
