When Randy Jennings hooked right into a behemoth largemouth bass on Sept, 1, 2014, he knew it was enormous, however didn’t notice he might need caught and launched an Ontario document. It was solely when he toured the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunter’s Mario Cortellucci Searching and Fishing Heritage Centre and noticed a document bass on the wall that he knew his was doubtlessly a document.
The Lindsay-area resident is not any stranger to massive fish, having been a profitable event angler. However when this fish latched onto a black jig and pig rig on a Minden-area lake, each he and fishing companion Rick Berkruisen of Cavan had been floored.
“We measured in 3 times on a digital scale and received 10.73 lbs. Then we took a measuring tape to it 3 times and got here out with a size of 25 inches lengthy and 20 inches of girth,” he mentioned.
Then, after measuring it, and taking pictures, he did what many would contemplate unthinkable. He launched it. Later, he had a duplicate recreated, and his taxidermist mentioned the pictures and size and girth had been in line with a fish within the 10-pound vary.
“I felt nice in regards to the fish and letting it go,” he mentioned.
Bass document standards
When he known as about getting the fish designated as an Ontario document, he didn’t meet the standards.
The present Ontario document largemouth bass was caught by Mario Crysanthou in 1976 on Preston Lake, within the Municipality of York. It weighed 10.43 lbs. and was 22-inches lengthy and 19.5 inches in girth.
When requested about lacking the chance to have a possible document, he mentioned:
“In my extra mature years, I’ve come to know that essentially the most memorable occasions in fishing will not be the braggable moments. I used to be there with Rick. I’ve come to know that the compilation of those recollections make fishing what it’s. Whether or not you assume it’s a document or not doesn’t matter to me.”
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