Is This The New World-Record Largemouth?

A Japanese angler, fishing at Lake Biwa in the Shiga Prefecture of Japan may have tied freshwater fishing's oldest and most cherished record. 

LINK (Via: Field and Stream)

Comments

[Cole]

It's hard to trust anything from that part of the world...

[Cole]

Oh and technically, this would be a tie, so a new record has been caught but not an official new record that stands alone.

[Tom G.]

Hmm second thought who cares its a hillbilly bass!

[Styles P]

Cole and Tom, you guys are true douche bags. That is a heck of a bass.

[Jeff K.]

Bass fishing in Japan?

[Taco]

Photos can be doctored so easy, I am going to say its a hoax as of right now. Those guys in the part of the world are so damn good with computers, they lead the world when it comes to image manipulation.

[Tom G.]

Thanks for your input!..lol...

[Echinsu Ocha]

First Pearl Harbor, now this!?!?!?!?!?!

[Charlie]

Where's the Kleenex stuffed in the nostril?

[QuickWilly]

I was thinking the same Charlie