It looks very possible that there is a new world record for the Largemouth Bass.  The current record is 22lbs 4 ounces and was caught over 70 years ago.  The picture below was taken from Field and Stream. The fish was caught in Japan and weighed in at 22 lbs 5 ounces. If the record is officially certified, I have to believe that no one was predicting the record breaking fish would be caught in Japan.