That world record has held up for 8 decades! Spotted Bass Baits. This enormous spotted bass, weighing 10.80 pounds, was caught by FLW pro Cody Meyer from Bullard's Bar Reservoir in Northern California on a Strike King Ocho. 3/18/1978. The fish weighed in at 10.80 pounds. The world record bass was 22 pounds and 4 ounces. Phillip C. Terry, Decatur. I throw my fish in the livewell as he plays the fish for at least a minute making big runs out in deep water. Smith Lake. One of the better times to catch big spotted bass on this lake is during the early spring. Cody Meyer holds his potential world record spotted bass he caught Friday at New Bullards Bar reservoir in Yuba County, Calif. The International Game Fish Association world record is 10.38 lbs, and has been standing since 2015. California, however, has an 11.2 lb spotted bass listed as as its state record. A 25 pound, 1 ounce largemouth bass, a possible new world record bass, was caught on March 20, 2006 in California. All fish must be caught per IGFA rules. Bass, Spotted (b) 8 lbs 15 oz. Fishing World Records. Cody Meyer’s World Record Spotted Bass. Potential World Record Spotted Bass Caught. The record for spotted bass has been broken multiple times in 2014 and 2015, all coming from California. Wired 2 Fish wrote of Keith Bryan’s 10.48-pound spotted bass on the New Melones Reservoir in March of 2014, which broke the previous record of 10.27 pounds. A lake in my area that produces trophy spotted bass is Bull Shoals along the Missouri-Arkansas border. Word is that Cody Meyer, a pro bass angler from California, recently reeled in a rather rotund spotted bass that needs only an official designation to assume its place as the world record. This fish was originally weighed at 11.2, then when weighed on a certified scale it came out to just under 11 lbs. Search for the biggest fish in the International Game Fish Association's database of biggest fish for each species. By Wired2Fish Editors ... "While I'm back there dancing with my new personal record spotted bass, Paul makes the same cast I just made, and I see him set the hook, telling me it's another giant. The world record largemouth bass was caught by George Perry in Montgomery Lake in Georgia in 1932. Use the search form above to find fishing world records for freshwater fish, saltwater fish, and more. On the uncertified tournament scales, the giant spot weighed 10.48 pounds, and their five bass limit tallied 18.30 pounds good enough for both a world record and a tournament win! It was not considered a new record because of problems with the way the fish was caught and documentation of the catch.