He changed gears, dug for an artificial, and tied it to the 12-pound-test on his Ugly Stik and Penn Slammer combo. "I had a big Rapala; I don’t even know the name of it. It’s like 8 inches ...

Georgia angler Travis Harrell caught a 52-pound striped bass in March that broke a record for the Flint River.

According to the International Game Fish Assn., the world record for largemouth bass stands at 22 pounds, 4 ounces, for a fish caught at Montgomery Lake, Ga., in 1932.