Speaking of big fish

I was told this is what happened to the lake Biwa world record

I figured it was eaten. All bass must be kept there

All bass must not only be kept there but they must be killed, not returned to the lake.

Now that I can see the photo, it's being skinned out for taxidermy.

Yup...skin mount.....and a whole bunch of East Texas rolls (sushi)

You would think if Manabu were trying to hide his identity in this picture he would have also blurred out the blond hair. Of course who knows I'm from a small town, maybe I'm stereotyping by saying there are not a lot of blonde haired Asians...

You can tell from the markings it is infact the same fish. Where did you come up with those pictures?

that's just so wrong , in so many ways . Sad that a true beast would come down to that ending . Imagine that thing in a BPS tank somewhere swimming around ---- you would have to line up just to get a peak .
I also heard he knows of bass in Biwa that are bigger than that one .
tight lines ,
Robb

Why is it wrong?

^^^ exactly- why is it "wrong"?? they are ILLEGAL in Japan so he COULDN'T LET IT GO OR KEEP IT ALIVE. he decided to use a skin mount because of that.

we do the same here with- snakeheads, gar, common carp, tilapia, white carp, silver carp, white bass(on Fork they are hated), bowfin, etc.

Fish are there(or planted there illegally) for our pleasure to take as a gamefish and are regulated and supported as such. I could say more but won't...

Makes me hungry

Yea lets go pick it up in Japan and bring it over here to just let it swim around in a tank.