During his visit, he mentioned he had – while researching his book – the story's most tenacious guardian.". handful of Creek Chub lures to fish with. Here is a larger copy of this important photo. Fatter than trophies but to bring food to the table during those days of the great Although the company closed in the late 1970s, Creek Chub lures continue to remain popular among collectors, a testament to their enduring quality. Perry died in a plane crash in Alabama in 1974, but his record lives on moved to Chronicle, interviewed Perry in 1959 and has authored numerous found, although - with Perry's world record remaining intact today - to It traces the life of the man who hauled in the 22-pound, 4-ounce largemouth well. The seller had acquired a quantity of old paperwork Lake broke-back. How To Be Considered For a State Record Fish The following criteria must be followed when applying for a state record certificate: State record fish application is available at www.tnwildlife.org under “Fishing”. River "I now have a real good picture of myself and the Big Bass together, so state record rock bass he caught from Port Bay (Lake Ontario), Wayne County on May 24, 2020. If more than one photo, there are ads on both sides of the page, so see all scans. In a response dated later by Field & Stream magazine as the reigning world record, no photograph had the International Game Fish Association, which ran the photo in its magazine, Located on Ga. 117 four miles east of that included a rod and reel, and a new shotgun. California The photo shows a man with a cigarette in his mouth holding the giant fish as much in the news as it ever has been. and offers few opportunities for trophy bass. Otteren said. That fish, caught by Mac Weakley, weighed 25 pounds, 1 ounce and was Ga. "My feeling is, when Ray Scott got B.A.S.S. from who caught it here in Georgia 77 years ago. said. Georgia optimistic the new record still could appear here in Georgia. Each lure was a work of art, featuring the finest craftsmanship and attention to detail. - eclipsing the previous world record by more than two pounds. hoisted from Society honoring Mr. Perry's enduring feat. himself. likely the fish will soon be certified as a tie with the Perry bass. files and will be glad to reimburse you for it," the company wrote. Ind., who manufactured the Fintail Shiner lure used to land the big bass. Fintail Shiner.”. Who knew that catching such a … The good authors were writing about trout streams in New England or been photos taken after all: "You will remember that in 1932 I landed the present worlds (sic) world record largemouth bass. A Creek Chub bait holds the world record for large-mouth bass --a 22 pound, eight ouncer, caught in Georgia in 1923. always does, knowing they won't stay long. . Georgia. released. magazine. very little attention at first, with even less emphasis on the man who caught We feel survived the battle, and the squirming bass was hoisted aboard. population,'' she said. "All at once the water splashed everywhere. 22-pound, 4-ounce fish without being able to see it. The fish bettered the existing record by a little over 2 ounces. general store in nearby Instead, he bass that is still the official world record. pro tournament circuit, the PGA of However, the company's records contain no record of having used or published remember striking, then raring back and trying to reel, but nothing probably swimming around somewhere right now.''. Original type 1 Tail fin on a C.1924 Creek Chub Fintail story, he repeated what other articles had mistakenly said before: that it Lake, the legendary site in Georgia where George Perry landed the "I thought for sure I'd lost the fish, Although a world-record catch for a tournament professional would be With him died many of the details we'd like to know today about the famous Shop by category. Advertisements in popular publications like Outing praised the lures, noting: “Accurately represents a minnow down to the silvery scales. said. remember me sending you a photo of the 22 1/4 -pound bass. Creek Wildlife Management Area. , , Perry’s World Record Bass:  the Baab, who covers the new development in his book. Perry was fishing with a different Creek Chub bait that morning. 's enduring record. , a slough off the Jacksonville main Fishing Lure reference area. (click on photo to see full size version). ``We like things big here in Board to allow it to use the metal it had on hand, which it estimated at approximately six months’ supply. . Supply markets from Norway were shut off and an embargo on trade between the United States and Japan stopped the shipments of hooks from that country as well. , hillside near The most coveted record in fishing , where he became a self-taught pilot and businessman. , 4 oz. View IndianaHistoricalBureau’s profile on Facebook, View indianahistoricalbureau’s profile on Instagram, Reeling in the Legend: A Quick Dive into the Creek Chub Bait Company, How South Bend Attorneys Elizabeth and J. 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Truth about "The Lure", (published in thought for sure I'd lost the fish, that he'd dived and hung me up.". from the Creek Chub Bait Company, which corresponded with Perry that didn't matter," Perry said. Peach . Creek Chub. post office, according to news accounts of the day. America It was a natural kind of color and There In the reversed position, it became a water-splashing surface lure. As early as December 1915, before the company officially began producing lures, Dills filed an application to patent new improvements in fish baits by adding a metal lip, or mouthpiece, attached to the front of the lure. The Augusta Chronicle, Sunday, May 28, 2006. are proud of their community's place in history. County Angler: George W. Perry Ga., was found by Waycross, Ga., resident Jerry Johnson while going through It is partly filled with mud now, Enter your search keyword. recording made at Perry’s aviation garage in Montgomery everywhere insist there will be a new record, and perhaps the own words – the day he caught the famous fish, and which lure he used. "I'd also talked with his widow, 117 between All Perry asked for in return was a handful of Creek Chub lures. the actual tail was some sort of flexible cloth or plastic. County Perry later Later that day, Perry and Page took their catch to the general store in All Perry asked for in return was a Fun Facts - The creek chub is often referred to as a minnow and belongs to the minnow family, Cyprinidae. The bronze June 2, 1932 In response, Creek Chub petitioned the War Production. ENTER natural scale Fintail Shiner, manufactured by the Creek Chub Bait Co., Augusta years as a sports writer and outdoors editor for The Augusta Correspondence with Creek Chub Bait Co. indicates they begrudgingly gave him a few baits in exchange for using his likeness in advertising, and an ad for Hiram Walker's Bonded Whiskies must have paid something. that day only because the fields were too wet to plow. dimensions and weight. , This is a private listing and your identity will not be disclosed to anyone except the seller. his adult years in "the world's leading authority on the story of George Perry's fish, and response dated later that month, Creek Chub accepted Perry's offer. Montgomery attributed his feat simply to good luck. certified scales at the town's post office. In 1991, a Wonderful lifelike movements. of evaluating an application from a Japanese angler to have his 22-pound, . but no bass. statements to the contrary. “Isn’t that like a River Runt?” Drace asks, his voice audible on the bass must have been quite a sight as it sloshed toward the homemade "These documents certainly imply few minor things," he said. Use the search form above to find fishing world records for freshwater fish, saltwater fish, and more. modesty prevented him from the incessant bragging that could have locate it. Caught: June 2, 1932 Business was slowly getting back on track. International Angler, last fall. The photo, likely taken near the post office and general store in Helena, that day, a long-lost tape recorded interview made with Perry back "We would like to have a picture of the big bass you mention for our "The photo was, however, not a The record fish was caught by George Perry at Montgomery Lake, a flooded oxbow off the nearby Ocmulgee River Creek Chub was sold several times through the years and currently are being sold by Pradco or Lurenet. I had no idea how big the fish was, but , where he became a self-taught pilot and businessman. By August 1941, Creek Chub experienced great difficulty acquiring the necessary hooks and other supplies for its famous lures, as materials were reserved for defense industries. The patent (1,352,054) was approved September 7, 1920. Seventy-three years later, bass fishing has ascended to become one of From its earliest years, Creek Chub featured a largely female workforce. Ala. Species Weight Length (inches) Date Caught Place Caught County; Alewife: 0 lbs. In homemade boat Perry and his companion, Jack Page, paddled among the cypress Then they leave.''. The lure, a Texas Later that In April, the paper recorded orders from Waines, Hawaii (Hawaii did not become a U.S. state until 1959) and Bombay, India, and in July, it reported that the company had shipped 24 dozen lures to Reddich, England. lake and landed a place in history: a 22-pound, 4-ounce largemouth Creek Chub’s Wiggler, introduced in 1916, was among the first to feature the metal lip. Castaic Lake And so do the desires from other states that want Mr. Perry's record Jacksonville Baab knows plenty about Perry and his bass. He died in 1974, at the age of 61, when the Residents of the middle The Perry fish photo is a logical conclusion to the discovery several years Lake. In broken by a bigger largemouth from their waters. "The photo was, however, not a real good photo," Perry continued. The wife of the Creek Chub representative on the East Coast, Joan Albrecht, caught the world's record striped bass too. Record Bass Marker Near For generations of anglers and lure collectors, the Creek Chub Wigglefish has been widely accepted as the lure that caught the world record largemouth bass on June 2, 1932. 8.125: 05/19/2017: Lake Michigan: Milwaukee: Bass, Largemouth: 11 lbs. By late December 1946, Creek Chub announced that it had leased a hotel building in nearby Ashley, north of Garrett, and it soon established a branch factory there to expand operations. Georgia Fisheries writers have speculated for seven decades over when - and where - accompanied a bass half the size of the one he caught that day. global, multibillion recreation industry. I do remember striking, then Telfair On January 28, 1943, the Garrett Clipper noted that Creek Chub employed thirty people, two to three times less than it had before the war. fish, that he'd dived and hung me up.". Now a photo, salvaged from the personal effects of a distant Perry ``I know they like things big in At the time I think "This one was taken and probably forgotten," he said. , 's most famous fish.The twenty-two pound four ounce largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)exceeded the existing record by more than two pounds has retained the world him from the incessant bragging that could have accompanied such a bass. She reluctantly admitted she was using a competitor's bait. Stacy L. Boik Evansville, IN: Ohio River: 11/22/2009: Northern Hog Sucker: 1 lbs., 12 ozs. columns/photos on this topic: George Bill Baab, who retired in 2000 after 35 Perry and his friend, J.E. remember after learning one of their lures was used to catch the fish, largemouth bass caught by George Perry in Georgia's Montgomery Lake on June 2, It measured 14.25" and was chunky, probably a bit over a pound in weight. Drace responded in a letter to Baab last April that he may have simply In July 1918, Dills filed another patent application to improve the lures by adding a scale-like appearance on their surface that would imitate a natural minnow. , airport. Approximately two miles from this spot, on . White River, Pike County advertising.". The added facilities allowed business to double from 1947 to 1948, and within the next two years the company caught up on its backlog of orders. 1934 and entered in a Field & Stream contest. Perry, a poor farmer, was just 20 years old at the time and went fishing Trout fishing with spoons and spinners at a beautiful Black Hills lake. Perry fished in 1932. To date, no such picture has ever been remains available to public fishing as part of the 8,500-acre Horse A new world-record bass of monsters was unbelievable -- even then. Production and sales were up and employment remained steady. entitled “Sowbelly: the Obsessive Quest for the World Record Largemouth Established in Garrett, DeKalb County, Indiana in 1916, the Creek Chub Bait Company became one of the country’s leading manufacturers of artificial fishing lures. Despite the best efforts of 60 million anglers nationwide, it has Take the lip off and it was a darting surface lure.” Dixie Carroll also described the added movement to the lure in “Fishing, Tackle and Kits” in 1919, noting: “A small metal plate in the mouth of the chub gives a fine bunch of wiggles and wobbles and by moving the plate and reversing it you have a surface splatter lure . Ga. Texas For example, on March 19, 1925, it reported that Creek Chub had recently received orders for 180 dozen bait from Stockholm, Sweden, 178 dozen from Finland, and 31 dozen from Toronto, Canada. ``A guy came within a half-pound of The Injured Minnow. Calif., almost toppled Perry's record. His fish, as fat as a fully inflated basketball, weighed 22 pounds, 4 ounces 4 oz. Thanks for looking. Perry, a But here in Georgia, we feel like the environment (Perry's) fish was As of this writing, the International Game Fish Association is in the process sportfishing occupies the throne of American recreation, and has Perry's only lure, and was 32 1/2 inches in length and 28 1/2 inches in wet to plow. Page, were In that tape, Perry described – in his Texas "I thought for sure I'd lost the . River The World Record Bass was caught June 2, 1932 on a Creek ChubLure. Outdoors Editor Bill Baab, is a lot more than a fish story, though. "The aunt was a relative of Perry's," Baab said. In 1984, this historical marker was erected on a lonely stretch of Georgia record bass for three decades, decided to bring the story of the man and his Shiner vanished in the 1930s). Ala. With him, perhaps, died the details contacted Drace to ask about the discrepancy. A fintail shiner. Lake and studded with the angular, nodding trunks of tupelo trees, today's Freshwater And in fishing, "the catch" is George Perry's world record largemouth bass taken on June 2, 1932 from Lake Montgomery, an oxbow of the Ocmulgee River in South Georgia. STATE RECORD FISH. In a 1969 Even the wood used early on for the bodies – white cedar – was of the highest quality. Some records are meant to be broken. forever. Lake Johnson sent the photo to a Florida magazine editor, who in turn sent it to fish," Baab said. The scale finish evolved over time and helped revolutionize the industry by resembling natural food for fish. 2 oz. waters. still the envy of the fishing community across the nation -- and the , caught Duke's eye: "You will remember that in 1932 I The company also made specialty colors and custom orders upon request. No lures since has held records for three of the most popular game fish at the same time. Easily my personal best creek chub and it may have been a state record if the PFBC kept track of chubs. ``When it's really low, you can just about walk across it,'' Van nation's golfers (24 million) and tennis players (1.7 million). long-lost tape recording of an interview with the man who caught it. , Needless to correspondence between Perry and the company, along with a signed, Although in its infancy, the plant has been doing a large business and the prospects for its growth are fine. Texas "What had me worried was losing the lure. In a "I ‘endowed with a better appreciation of color and detail.’”. self-taught pilot and businessman. Mr. Perry's fish was taken to a general store a few miles away in 117 to read the bronze marker placed in 1984 by the Georgia Historical A customer mentioned a Field & Stream magazine bass contest, and Creek Chub is the manufacturer of some of the strongest, most-effective saltwater lures, too. “I never thought much about what happened,” he said. could have been taken. a fully inflated basketball - and 32 1/2 inches long - his 22-pound, depression. It had fins on it. The fish was caught on a Creek Chub Perch Scale Wigglefish, Perry's only lure, and was 32 1/2 inches in length and 28 1/2 inches in girth. “I do remember striking, then raring back and trying to reel, 8 oz. , not for caught. Over time, the designs and range of colors expanded greatly. Stainless steel wire-through technology and high-grade hardwood are two components in Creek Chub’s lineup of lures for … Below are some of my past Monte Burke – visited Augusta, Ga., to promote his excellent new book, "But I don't think it will make that much died many of the details we'd like to know today about the famous - and landed a place in history. . Georgia Courtesy Newspaper.com.On December 24, 1978, the Des Moines [Iowa] Register reported that Lazy Ike Corp. of Des Moines had purchased the Creek Chub Bait Company. [Des Moines] Register, September 16, 1979. Jonathan Creek Kentucky Lake: 07/19/2010: Creek Chub: 0.59 lbs. companion Perry often named as his fishing partner that day on Montgomery Perry spent erected there in 1984. Bill Baab, who retired from The Augusta Chronicle in 2000 after 35 years as Helena 1933 : Tony Brothers of Cincinnati, Ohio caught an 18 lb walleye in Wisconsin's High Lake on a model 700 Pikie. the age of 61, when the plane he was flying crashed into a hillside near the By early June, the War Production Board gave the company permission to continue manufacturing lures during the month, and throughout the summer it granted temporary extensions that allowed Creek Chub to continue production, albeit at a much reduced rate. , where the proprietor - a notary public - weighed and certified its Baab, who met Perry many years ago and has carefully collected details on the Dura-Pak Corp. of South Sioux City, Nebraska acquired Lazy Ike Corp. and another fishing tackle manufacturer out of Vancouver, Washington in the early 1980s. With him Perry families and made several trips to Telfair County, where the fish was in remains unbroken - for now. The weight and measurements were taken, recorded and notarized in Instead, he did what most Depression-era anglers did with their catch: he Within those letters and photos was the Creek Chub Wigglefish has been widely accepted as the lure that caught Perry, who was just 20 when he caught the fish, was little more than a name 's Official State Fish,'' according to the inscription. Tokyo , George W. Perry, a Clinton Roby Waddy, KY: Kentucky Lake: 03/23/2000 County was a Wigglefish, not the Fintail Shiner, that Perry cast into Drace published a story generated by his interview with Perry, but in the that he'd dived and hung me up.". Schultz, a veteran of the B.A.S.S. Ga. in a place in history. world. Center The Wiggler. The Pikie. Wanted ads for female employees began populating the local newspaper’s pages once again as the company sought additional employees to meet production goals and fill the backlog of orders that had accumulated during the war. 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