True or False World Record Sea Bass

[fish doctor]

Okay here I am ready to go fishing but the winds here are 25-30 and it's foggy, so I am just surfing the net waiting for the VFW to open and go hang out with the old vets and listen to the great stories they tell while sipping some suds.

Well I came across this article about a world record Sea Bass and I figured some of you old salts that have been around like Box could tell me whether this is true or false, see below;

http://dethroner.com/2007/04/30/ebay...-bass-picture/

[Capt_John]

The Black Sea Bass that you're thinking of is the usual ones we catch here on the East Coast. The record for that is 9lbs. 8oz. The one in the pic is a Giant Sea Bass like caught in the Pacific. The record in the pic was true, but was actually broken in 1968 by a man in California. It weighed 568lbs.

[bohica]

Yep, I'd love to catch a giant though...here's the article from wiki:

The giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas), also known as the black sea bass, is a mythical creature that eats submarines and small children. Mothers in the congo use tales of giant sea bass to keep their children out of mischeif. native to the northern Pacific Ocean.[1] With its conspicuous size and a curious nature, it is surprising that relatively little is known about its behavior and biology.

There are published reports of giant sea bass reaching a size of 2.5 m (8.2 feet) and a weight of up to 255 kg (562 lbs). However in Charles F. Holder's book The Channels Islands published in 1910, the author claims specimens taken from the Gulf of California attained 800 pounds (360 kg). In the eastern Pacific its range is from Humboldt Bay, California to the Gulf of California, Mexico, most common from Point Conception southward. In the western Pacific it is found in the sea around Japan. It usually stays in relatively shallow water, near kelp forests, drop offs or rocky bottoms.

Giant sea bass were once a relatively common inhabitant of Southern California waters, yet in the 1980s it was facing the threat of local extinction off the California coast. Beginning in the late 1800s, the species supported both a commercial fishery taking hundreds of thousands of kg annually, and a sport fishery that also landed hundreds of fish each year. Spear fishermen also exploited the giant sea bass, first as free divers, and then after the mid 1950s using scuba gear. Often the divers would target the species when they moved into shallow water during the summer months to spawn. By the late 1970s, biologists with the California State Department of Fish and Game, recognized that the local population of giant sea bass was in serious trouble. Actions were taken, resulting in protection from commercial and sport fishing that went into effect in 1982. Yet for almost two decades encounters with giant sea bass were scarce. The giant sea bass reproduces slowly with a population doubling time of more than 14 years and is still listed as critically endangered.

[Wild Life Management]

Kinda funny, this is a quote from the guy in the link:

"I tried looking to see if 425 lbs remains the record for black sea bass, but the Guinness World Records site is just awful"

Would it be a safe guess that this guy doesn't fish much?

[Capt_John]

I had to google the record. The Guinness website doesn't show fishing records.

[fish doctor]

I read the small print and went to Guinness before posting, I fish every day that is fishable, how many BFT's did you bring in this season Wild Life Mgt or are just an Asst Mgr??????

[austin ensor]

maybes theres a gaint black sea bass speices!! like gaint blue fin lol!

[Wild Life Management]

Kinda funny, this is a quote from the guy in the link:

"I tried looking to see if 425 lbs remains the record for black sea bass, but the Guinness World Records site is just awful"

Would it be a safe guess that this guy doesn't fish much?

I read the small print and went to Guinness before posting, I fish every day that is fishable, how many BFT's did you bring in this season Wild Life Mgt or are just an Asst Mgr??????

WHOOOOAA DUDE. OK GUYS, THIS COULD BE ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHEN THINGS ARE MISINTERPRETED ON THE INTERNET, WHICH IS NOT AN UNCOMMON THING.

FISH DOCTOR, I WAS SIMPLY REFERRING TO THE WHAT THE GUY SAID IN THE LINK THAT YOU POSTED. I WAS NOT SAYING THAT YOU DON'T FISH MUCH, CAUSE HOW WOULD I KNOW THAT?

MY POINT WAS THAT THE GUINNESS BOOK, ALTHOUGH IT IS A "BOOK OF RECORDS", WOULD BE ONE OF THE LAST PLACES I WOULD LOOK IF I WERE LOOKING FOR A FISHING RECORD. I ASSUMED THE GUY FROM THE LINK DOESN'T FISH MUCH BECAUSE HE LOOKED THERE, AND NOT SOME WHERE LIKE THE IGFA WEBSITE, OR SPORTFISHERMEN.COM LIKE YOU DID.

SO, SORRY TO BUM YOU OUT SO SOON IN YOUR TIME HERE AT SFC, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS ISN'T THE PLACE FOR INSULTING REMARKS AND PM'S, THERE ARE MANY OTHER SITES WHERE THAT SHIT IS MORE FITTING.

KEN - WILD LIFE ASS MANAGEMENT

[Satans_Chariot]

ahhh yes, that little exchange just made me forget bout the last 4hrs ive been sitting on watch, only 8 more hrs to go.

THANKS