With the recent entry of a possible tie for the world record largemouth bass from Japan, there has been specualtion form many fishermen that the new world record largemouth bass will probably come from Japan or California.
Lots of opinions have been put forth, but still the old record holds!
With that in mind, I read with interest something that the Texans have been doing the past 23 years. They have a “ShareLunker” program where largemouth bass that are caught weighing 13 pounds or more are kept alive and given to the state for breeding purposes. Very nice idea!
Toyota is the main sponsor of the program this year and the revenue the program generates from advertising helps to ofset the operating costs.
With all those big fish being kept for breeding, Texas will surely have close to a world record sometime in the future – don’t you think so?
I found this article in the “Tyler Paper”. If you’d like to read more about this whole program, just go to:
Texas Sharelunker Program
There’s even a contest for catcing the largest fish where the winners can get some special clothing and the grand prize is a lifetime fishing license.
Wouldn’t it be nice if all the states had something like this?
Until next time … I’ll catch you later.
