A call for greater precision in game fish records
Breaking news from Lake Biwi in Shiga Prefecture, Japan--the world's largest bass has been caught. Sort of. On June 2, 1932, George Perry caught a 22 pound, 4 ounce, largemouth bass in Montgomery Lake in Telfair County, GA. Seventy-seven years later, Manabu Kurita caught a 22 pound, 5 ounce, bass, and thus tied Perry for the largest bass caught.
It's officially a tie because according to International Game Fish Association rules, the new record weight must excede the existing record by at least two ounces.
This makes me wonder, what happens if someone caught a 22 pound, 6 ounce, bass? It excedes Perry's record bass by two ounces, but not Kurita's. Would Perry still be tied for the record?
Or, if someone caught another bass weighing 22 pounds, 4 ounces, would it be considered tied for the largest by weighing the same as the smaller of the two tied for the largest?
It's officially a tie because according to International Game Fish Association rules, the new record weight must excede the existing record by at least two ounces.
This makes me wonder, what happens if someone caught a 22 pound, 6 ounce, bass? It excedes Perry's record bass by two ounces, but not Kurita's. Would Perry still be tied for the record?
Or, if someone caught another bass weighing 22 pounds, 4 ounces, would it be considered tied for the largest by weighing the same as the smaller of the two tied for the largest?
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