That's one big fish!
She was fishing on Texas’s O.H. Ivie Lake in February when she caught a huge largemouth bass. The International Game Fish Association just confirmed her catch, saying Powell has earned herself a world record for catching the biggest largemouth bass in the women’s 12-pound line class. The previous fish caught in this category was almost 3 pounds lighter.
Powell was accompanied by her friend, professional fishing guide Dalton Smith, when she caught the bass. On the first day of their fishing trip, she caught a fish that was more than 10 pounds. On their second day out, she was trying to use an underwater sonogram tool called LiveScope. The big bass was hooked 45 feet from the boat and 15 feet down.
Once they got the fish on the boat, they took it to a local gas station and RV park to get it weighed on an IGFA-certified scale. You can see Powell’s excitement in real time on her Instagram here as she eagerly takes her fish to be weighed. And now, after a three-month application process, she has the official seal of approval from the IGFA.
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