Have You Ever Heard Of A Creek Chub Perch Scale Wigglefish

I can hear you saying now?..a Creek Chub Perch Scale Wiggle Fish? What in the world is that? Well, since you asked, I'm going to tell you. It's the lure that caught the world record bass over 73 years ago.

Yep, George W. Perry, was fishing with this lure on June 2, 1932, when he was 19 years old to catch food to eat. Instead he caught the fish of a lifetime, a 22 pound 4 ounce largemouth bass. George and a friend named J.E. Page was fishing Montgomery Lake in Georgia when George caught the 32 1/2 inches in length and 28 1/2 inches in girth largemouth bass.

The fish was taken to Helena, Georgia where the fish was weighed, measured, recorded and notorized. Wonder how many ounces was lost in the traveling to Helena? Since the record has been standing for so long the largemouth bass is Georgia's Official State Fish.

If you would like to fish that same lake where the world record was caught it's part of the Department of Natural Resources? Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area.

Did I mention how much George got for catching this monster fish? Well, Field And Stream was having a fishing contest and for this amazing fish George received a total of $75.00. Today a world record bass would start at $8,000,000 and go upwards plus endorsements.

George died in a plane crash in 1974.