Tournament anglers know game day excitement. There’s nothing quite like returning to the ramp with a winning limit … except maybe weighing in a new world record. That’s exactly what happened on April 21, 2001, for California’s Bryan Shishido, and it may have happened again recently for 49-year-old, Keith Bryan of Novato, Calif., CEO of Powell Rods.
Shishido caught the world record spotted bass (10.27 pounds) while competing in an American Bass Big Valley Team Tournament on California’s Pine Flat Lake 13 years ago. Keith Bryan bagged a 10.48-pound spot on 12,500-acre New Melones Lake in central California on Feb. 22 — the first day of a California Tournament Trails pro/am event. The bass measured 24 1/2 inches long with a girth of 22 1/8 inches. If certified by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA), it will be the new world record. Continue reading…..
.