Side-Splitting Fishing Fails Captured at the Perfect Time

Biggest Bass Around

This monstrous bass clocks in at a whopping twenty-two pounds and five ounces. It was caught near Kyoto, Japan by Manabu Kurita in 2009. Kurita used live bluegill as bait. The catch was ruled legitimate after six months. Kurita even had to pass a polygraph test in order to prove that he really caught the fish himself.

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