I was just reading an article and it mentioned the
largest bass ever caught --- not by rod and reel -

Anyone know the answer

125#

close although not what I read --- where was it caught

125 off NC coast

Straight from Outdoor life Apirls edition ----

In 1889 a 112 lb striped bass was caught in
a seine net off of Cape Cod at Orleans Mass.

Is this the truth?

Outdoor Life better do so more research. 125 is the what they ( there were two in the same seine) estimated to have weighed before they were gutted. The 112 is the gutted weight. Also, a Francis Miner caught and weighed an 89 pounder on Block Island in the 1800's but the documentation was lost. He caught it on a rod and reel.

Outdoor Life better do so more research. 125 is the what they ( there were two in the same seine) estimated to have weighed before they were gutted. The 112 is the gutted weight. Also, a Francis Miner caught and weighed an 89 pounder on Block Island in the 1800's but the documentation was lost. He caught it on a rod and reel.

The block island bass is the one that is the print of the man and the striper but the striper has no stripes, right?

Too bad there are no pics... I'd love to see what that looks like.

Now Raven before you get any ideas... I don't want to see a photoshop job with a 125# bass being hoisted by Chewbaca or something like that :laughs: :laughs:

-Dave

or..... maybe I do:tm: :rotf3:

intestesting article from the Block Island Times on Francis Miners bass...

http://www.blockislandtimes.com/News/2002/0727/News/043.html

125# in a seine net is what I read. Billy the Greek in his book says that there was a bass caught on rod and reel on LI, at Fulton fish market in the 70s that was 1 to the box. A box weighs 100 lbs

125# in a seine net is what I read. Billy the Greek in his book says that there was a bass caught on rod and reel on LI, at Fulton fish market in the 70s that was 1 to the box. A box weighs 100 lbs
See my display at the MSBA show. I have a picture of an 82 pounder caught by a commercial rod and reeler and sold to Fulton that MSBA bought and had shipped to the Old Sportsman Show in Boston where they kept it on ice.