Imagine if you were on a light weight setup and instead of getting a blue gill Dottie grabbed it 💀
@Fergalicious321
Жыл бұрын
Bye bye rod 💀
@rylandreichert2992
Жыл бұрын
Bye bye face💀
@ecmsuperjack3571
Жыл бұрын
Bye bye drag and line😂
@jetttaylor42069
Жыл бұрын
Imagine getting a good size bluegill and then Dottie grabs it💀
@English_MoFo
Жыл бұрын
Bye bye my life if I hook that fish and it gets away
@d-fens5866
Жыл бұрын
Honestly what a good sportsman. Went out to catch her, did it, but just didn’t think the way he managed was fair. The fact he never submitted it after accidentally foul hooking is kinda the coolest part of the story to me.
@partyguysteveandrogue8398
Жыл бұрын
It wouldn’t have counted anyways… it was foul hooked… in the state of California the hook has to be inside the mouth
@nickchames5749
Жыл бұрын
@@partyguysteveandrogue8398that’s fine but this wasn’t to get a California record recognition it was to get a world record cert
@Tbowie13
Жыл бұрын
I don't know man, you know how many fish I catch that are hooked just outside the mouth. Certainly the fish was eating the bait and when they swipe at it they get hooked just under the mouth or the side of the mouth. It happens all the time with a jerkbait or crank.
@partyguysteveandrogue8398
Жыл бұрын
@@nickchames5749 still have to go by the state rules anyways
@partyguysteveandrogue8398
Жыл бұрын
@@Tbowie13 I get that man but it’s the state rules apply .. even if they are fishing in bass masters event same rules apply
@h2oburke
Жыл бұрын
Dottie’s DNA is still swimming in that lake.
@user-yu7jh7em7x
Жыл бұрын
That’s a good point !
@xu2wk8uj9p
Жыл бұрын
So is mine. 😊
@jcarry5214
Жыл бұрын
@@xu2wk8uj9p I love you man. Perfect way to end my night.
@ForgivenSheep3
Жыл бұрын
@@xu2wk8uj9psir, this is a wendys
@stewybagodonuts817
2 ай бұрын
💯
@FishingWithYakPak
Жыл бұрын
“Mike long probably snagged” 😩😩😩😩😂😂😂😂
@LoganHamby
7 ай бұрын
probably so yak
@spearfisherman308
7 ай бұрын
He did
@LoganHamby
7 ай бұрын
@@spearfisherman308 how u know mane
@spearfisherman308
7 ай бұрын
@@LoganHamby there is footage of him snagging bass and he would not take a lie detector test for his records
@LoganHamby
7 ай бұрын
@@spearfisherman308 oh damn do u live in bama by chance
@grizzly424
Жыл бұрын
R.I.P to the world record bass. If i were to catch that beast ive would of called the game warden in an instant to get an official weight on that bad boy. And possibly put it in the books of records.
@Jwelds22
Жыл бұрын
Same thing would probably happen to you. Game warden would take three hours and the fish would lose weight
@Will.2fine
Жыл бұрын
*girl
@shawnmartinisko725
Жыл бұрын
You guys are funny no warden needed for a IGFA record
@Jwelds22
Жыл бұрын
@@shawnmartinisko725 IGFA and state to state regulations are different. But weighing the fish on solid ground and documenting everything properly with a scale that’s been approved in the last year and you should be good
@ls3vstheworld223
Жыл бұрын
Man if I catch that beast . She going into my pond & ima keep her well fed forever
@chrismartinez5163
Жыл бұрын
Mike Long ABSOLUTELY snagged Dottie 😂
@Philkoehler4
Жыл бұрын
Both times they snagged her under her mouth...i bet she went to move there bait away from her bed, they were sight fishing her...they see her get over there bait and he prolly set the hook b4 she tried moving it
@anti-herofishing
Жыл бұрын
Mike long! For ever a cheater
@justsomeguy1230
Жыл бұрын
She was snagged on the back in 06.
@StutteRx
Жыл бұрын
@@anti-herofishingproof?
@anti-herofishing
Жыл бұрын
@@StutteRx there’s plenty of video of that snag cheater
@forwardmovement9031
Жыл бұрын
Imagine catching something like that and not having you fishing license so you’re scared to even call the game warden
@aliensphyncter9528
Жыл бұрын
I cought a giant large mouth it could have been the state record in NY it wasnt bass season an only had one photo sombody took an they dont have it any more, also caught probably a state record sun fish that was the same size as a 12in frying pan
@andrewboyce7268
Жыл бұрын
@@aliensphyncter9528 I call 🧢
@JonBecker81
Жыл бұрын
@@aliensphyncter9528 doesn’t that mean you just have to release them if you catch one? Doesn’t mean you can’t fish for them.
@JonBecker81
Жыл бұрын
So you pay a small fine. NBD.
@tysonholt
Жыл бұрын
There is a lake about 35 miles from me here in Arkansas called Lake Dunn, a guy actually caught the new state record bass for Arkansas but didn’t have a fishing license. There is several different articles about it, pretty crazy.
@robertwhite3752
Жыл бұрын
The Game Warden who answered the phone that day held the current world record. That’s what took him 3 hours to respond!🤣
@user-xp3yx4gy7f
6 ай бұрын
Epic journey Mac and his bros had with Dottie
@shaundiltz5821
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact. Mike Long has never caught a fish in the mouth.
@kontrolgeek3378
Жыл бұрын
There’s weights in them fish
@jasonice1584
Жыл бұрын
Truth
@Ashleyswanson45
Жыл бұрын
My first big bass came from most likely the spawn of Dottie in that same lake. It was a beautiful 9lb female on a bed with a male that was about 4lbs. I’ll never forget that bass it was my first giant.
@Ihtiandr13
Жыл бұрын
How i met your mother 🐟😅
@PanzerAce760
Жыл бұрын
Lake Dixon. I drive pass that lake all the time. My dad use to take me fishing there when i was a little boy.
@Range-X
Жыл бұрын
You could make a movie about this
@christianyorke1929
Жыл бұрын
^^
@lwood3161
Жыл бұрын
There's a documentary out there about Dottie.
@willgreene7271
Жыл бұрын
They already did. Its called Big Fish lol
@eddiecahall3824
Жыл бұрын
Dottie was a legend! Nice awesome fish! Was. RIP Dottie😞🥱🥱🥱
@Concreteer
Жыл бұрын
The Lizzo of the bass world
@Warden033
Жыл бұрын
Here I am thinking this was a documentary about your mother.
@Concreteer
Жыл бұрын
@@Warden033 awe how cute, you must be 730lbs too, y’all stick together?
@badmoonrising209
Жыл бұрын
Bwahahaha hella dumb but I like it
@bobbyhempel1513
Жыл бұрын
From my understanding the game warden never actually even showed up and igfa declined the evidentiary photographs of three different scales weighing the fish showing the same weight.
@Allyourbase1990
13 күн бұрын
Looks like Dottie lived a pretty good life . She’s a monster
@johnnydogg746
Жыл бұрын
Dotty left years of DNA......❤
@andrewboyce7268
Жыл бұрын
Her genes lived on in that lake, she at least spawned 10x in that little lake.
@Tennessee_Plumbing
Жыл бұрын
i fish every couple weeks throughout spring and summer.. and i didnt hear about "dottie" until 3 days ago.. and ive never lived under a rock.
@kennytaylor4487
Жыл бұрын
I grew up 5 minutes from the lake dottie was caught at I have walked up on some massive bass at lake dixon when I was in high-school that would freeze you in your tracks trying not to be seen super tough lake though outside of bed fishing in the spring being the water is crystal clear
@jorgeposadas1192
Жыл бұрын
Daaaamn!!! Dotting was f$%ken huge the first time.
@stewybagodonuts817
2 ай бұрын
Over 20 but was 25 in 08
@joejowers5375
Жыл бұрын
I couldn't imagine catching one of those , but two in a row ....WOW!!!Congratulations
@MadMax11483
Жыл бұрын
In 2001 on my birthday Dottie was first caught
@connor_12345
Жыл бұрын
Dottie will forever be the biggest largemouth bass known to man and I am one of the people that knew the full story before this
@redsballer1904
Жыл бұрын
I was told of a bass that Paul Bailey and another guide had video of on clear lake that they estimated to be over 25lbs too. California is a place for giants that’s for sure
@user-hz7qi1up9b
6 ай бұрын
I live near this lake and there are still huge fish in the glare water. There’s still hope for Dixon lake
@stewybagodonuts817
2 ай бұрын
Glare water? And i dont see why not. More monsters
@ericmorse2251
Жыл бұрын
Those offspring should be put in the great lakes 👍👍
@tvm2209
Жыл бұрын
Lmao catching Dottie is like the freshwater equivalent of catching a Goliath Grouper fish 😅
@Lil_T420
Жыл бұрын
No catching them big ass river monster catfish is
@Rainersherwood
Жыл бұрын
No i don’t live under a rock I just live near saltwater 😂😂😂
@drunkfisherman2136
Жыл бұрын
AMEN BROTHER
@themomofmemes467
Жыл бұрын
So do I. You just don't fish
@davidhodges449
Жыл бұрын
I live in the same state where the ww bass comes from. That fish is probably 15 or 16 lb. Don't believe everything you hear or see on a phone
@Rainersherwood
Жыл бұрын
@@themomofmemes467 What fish have you caught recently? I’m over ten species for this week. Snook, redfish, mangrove and mutton snapper, king and Spanish mackerel, porgy, margate, red grouper, 3 species of shark and gulf whiting. I’m suspecting that’s a hard “get wrecked”.
@tallcip65
Жыл бұрын
@@davidhodges449Dottie was a legit 24-25lbs. This isn’t some kind of conspiracy. To be a world record lots of standards have to be met. Standards that the old world record did not and would not have met. Dottie reigns supreme as the biggest bass ever caught.
@vspec17
Жыл бұрын
We will always love Dottie. R.I.P. Dottie. BassWar. Bass fever. Rock steady Gents.
@elliottlopez6430
Жыл бұрын
Imagine your trolling through the water and see a 20lb bass floating dead💀💀😭
@NotQuiteEpic
Жыл бұрын
*In the arrrrrms of the angel...*
@Arkansudz
7 ай бұрын
California fishing laws require a fish to be hooked inside of the mouth or it has to be released immediately. When the Bassmaster Elite Series went to Clear Lake in the early 2000s, Steve Kennedy had to release multiple giant bass because they were hooked outside of the mouth
@Fl-Pride
Жыл бұрын
That’s crazy! I grew up going to that lake. And I had no idea. Those suckers lived in there when I was a kid.
@carsonyan5664
Жыл бұрын
Rip dottie I thought this would never happen 🐠🐠💔💔
@coreyhallman3134
Жыл бұрын
25lbs that fish was probably over 15 years old crazy
@745ishank
Жыл бұрын
''dotty is the record bass and weighs allot for a bas'' my spirit animal
@wadebass5600
Жыл бұрын
I wonder if Dottie would have lived longer if she would have been handled properly when caught
@guppy719
Жыл бұрын
I mean how long do you expect a bass to live once its world record size.
@wadebass5600
Жыл бұрын
@guppy719 I don't expect it to live forever. It was a legit question not a complaint. I have read many articles that holding large fish improperly out of the water does them harm.
@localshowershitter1264
Жыл бұрын
@@wadebass5600holding any fish any way out of water does them harm.
@Louisiana_Outdoors
Жыл бұрын
I’d say Dottie was fine if she died 2 years after last being caught. I may have heard it wrong though
@calebz1448
Жыл бұрын
@@wadebass5600you have heard regurgitated nonsense. The study that I read was very biased with little to no control group so as far as science is concerned fish don't have any problems from the way they are held other than being out of water in warm temperatures
@woodsnwatersofky.8231
6 ай бұрын
Nice
@jmvfishing
Жыл бұрын
Great video!!! Keep up the good content!
@alexlo246
Жыл бұрын
Only once the other time she kept swimming off the bed so they had to snag it before the lake closed. Reminds me of a certain individual who got caught for snagging bass, the funny thing is you don’t hear about the guys who caught the Dottie fish anymore either. Any guesses why?
@danielkinn782
Жыл бұрын
Because it was almost 20 years ago. They weren't tournament guys. They were big fish hunters. Most of those kind of guys fly under the radar
@andrewboyce7268
Жыл бұрын
They made a good documentary/mini movie on YT. They were just normal dudes.
@kc72186
Жыл бұрын
They are in a bowling league now 😮
@geoffsaunderson5766
Жыл бұрын
Amazed it lived that long, swinging a heavy fish like that around by its jaw
@Backlashmaster13
16 күн бұрын
Rip Dottie you will be missed
@JMag1
Жыл бұрын
Almost all the world record bass ever caugh are from California. Dottie was caught in a lake in the San Diego area.
@Joshuafishing123
6 ай бұрын
May dottie rest in peace
@joel1964.
Жыл бұрын
I totally get the obsession with catching the big bass😊
@Philkoehler4
Жыл бұрын
A guy from japan caught a largemouth that breaks the world record in length..he caught it japan as well but world records go off weight not by length
@chriscarroll3635
Жыл бұрын
It's actually tied for the world record. To be the world record alone a fish has to weigh more than two ounces of the current world record. The bass in Japan was 22 pounds 5 ounces and the world record bass was 22 pounds 4 ounces.
@Philkoehler4
Жыл бұрын
@@chriscarroll3635 i thought they stopped doing that..i guess it is a good thing to have
@Rickydaguy
3 ай бұрын
Rip Dottie u will be misted in the fishing world
@dank-mcpuffins1267
Жыл бұрын
I used to fish this lake all the time, lake dixon.
@bradleydennis1263
Жыл бұрын
"I've used bait bigger than Dottie" -Every Saltwater fisherman
@David-bf9ux
6 ай бұрын
Dottie was a Florida Strain Bass that gorged herself on fatty rainbow trout...
@theflowershop4814
8 ай бұрын
My Mom dated One of the his buddies that was there the day he caught it. They used to go sneak into lakes in so cal and fish in high school. I fish Dixon lake where it was caught and have seen some toads up close and personal but no where near her caliber
@erikhoryza9068
Жыл бұрын
By that logic, if I lived under a rock, I'd know Dottie.
@CSwivel
Жыл бұрын
The documentary was awesome but I can’t seam to find the whole thing online anymore
@williamtennill6744
7 ай бұрын
Great story and correct u live under rock if you’re not a big time bass guy and don’t know this story..I love the passion they had for catching and preserving her..also she was insanely big ..Japan has it now and will re break in next two years
@GarthKlaus
Жыл бұрын
I've never heard of Dottie.
@SaltyFarm
Жыл бұрын
Mike Long caught Dottie 43 times,,, all on different lakes in tournaments.
@miahmooooo
10 ай бұрын
I guess I live under a freaking rock 😂
@Raiders1234
Жыл бұрын
A fish doesn't lose wait in a live well. They lose about a pound an hour for three hours after they die, but not when they are being kept alive.
@neilbonefishing
Жыл бұрын
I wonder if Dottie would have lived longer if she wasn't so hunted for
@danielm5908
Жыл бұрын
@neilbonefishing maybe… most morbidly obese things don’t live that long…
@Weeklong_Seagull
Жыл бұрын
In oskoda there's an almost world record garr I almost hooked once. It broke my line at the surface apparently it's almost 58 in. It might still be there
@landon1626
Жыл бұрын
A 25 pound bass? Wow, howcome I've never heard of this!!! That's crazy. Dottie must have found a food source no other fish has or something cause that don't normal
@Justamanandhisdogthor
Жыл бұрын
i know dottie. shes my next door neighbor who always needs me to do something for her. Ill pull into my driveway and theres Dottie. In mid conversation asking me to do something for her
@jasonw2696
Жыл бұрын
RIP dottie 😢.
@chriscarroll3635
24 күн бұрын
Wonder how many people would have lied and said they caught inside the mouth. That's a giant. Shame Dottie never became the world record...
@GiftedLikeAHug
Жыл бұрын
Dottie DNA Still in that lake..
@jasonsweeton8368
Жыл бұрын
Far as I’m concerned Dottie is the world record, nothing has ever came close to her at over 25lbs and yes she would’ve counted, when she died she only weighed what 12-14lbs I think
@FishinShorts
11 ай бұрын
Subscribed and I guess I live under a rock
@anthonywinebarger1529
Жыл бұрын
Workin'Man World Record Large Mouth Bass Dottie
@thickerconstrictor9037
Жыл бұрын
Me just living here under my rock.
@ryanstevenson1364
6 ай бұрын
We're I live now they keep big beautiful fish...Vermont nor a catch and release state....Lakers letum live letum work
@JP-jp9jz
Жыл бұрын
This is why you catch and release that fish lived a long life for a bass to be that big in 2001 and then pass in 2008.. atleast a 15-20 year old fish
@christophercostello8210
Жыл бұрын
I miss dot, and she shouldn't have been killed. she was snagged, and they should have kept her safe.
@hunterpro_1
Жыл бұрын
What do you mean killed ? She was found dead 2 years later. Never having been caught again.
@jimmyedwards2252
Жыл бұрын
What
@coreyhallman3134
Жыл бұрын
@@hunterpro_1yeah from an injury
@zachg5356
Жыл бұрын
@coreyhallman3134 I don't think there was an injury. If it was, it wasn't due to being caught 2 years earlier, though.
@coreyhallman3134
Жыл бұрын
@@zachg5356 no I read in bass we’re when they found her dead there was fresh treble hook marks
@masterofnonetv8361
Жыл бұрын
Apperntly that guy has been snagging fish his whole career.
@randaltotten9358
Жыл бұрын
Honest fishermen are real fisherman
@dross10001
Жыл бұрын
"Mike Long probably snagged it"😂😂😂 More than likely.
@RicardoGonzalez-ww3ov
Жыл бұрын
As a kid I was at that lake on opening day and fished it many times . It was always irritating to see Long bring paid tourists to the lake it was not well received .
@jurlinquist
Жыл бұрын
Rip dottie!
@dpenn5983
Жыл бұрын
He just have to imagine how much strand you put on that poor Fisher spine by hanging from his mouth
@drmroneal
Жыл бұрын
It’s because he snagged it on purpose acting like he accidentally did it, and probably tore a hole too big, knowing that it would never pass.
@doomguy584
Жыл бұрын
The foul hook rule didn't exist when the first record was logged
@jordanerdman90
Жыл бұрын
Subtle well deserved shot at Mike Long 😂
@nominal5327
Жыл бұрын
Him: you live under a rock Me: (who lives on the other side of the world) okay fish head
@1prcnter
Жыл бұрын
What about the guys who caught 3 huge striped bass but it didn’t count bc they never came to see if the men caught world record fish. Even though they took clear photos and videos
@chandler6443
Жыл бұрын
That fish is THICC
@chandler6443
Жыл бұрын
Fish: exists Humans: I'm about to end this man's whole career
@Korean_Jesus
Жыл бұрын
Sd got them lunkers. Reason why I still go to miramar lake, one day I'll catch the world record bass 😂
@fieqakim
Жыл бұрын
That is awesome fish..but i think igfa is like dont care about our catch and record..i try to submit my catch 3 times with 3 different fish..but until today nothing happen
@DoC1171
Жыл бұрын
I caught it and filleted it. Stop looking for it. 😊
@richardfell9510
Жыл бұрын
No fish from California should count as a record . It's not really far to stock a pond with Florida bass and then feed them .
@justinwarren8222
13 күн бұрын
Yea right, y’all say anything on the internet. I build ponds for a living, I’ve built dozens stocked with Florida strain bass and the largest I’ve heard of any of them growing is 14 pounds. That’s with millions of dollars invested into growing the largest bass
@camdenthegoat2061
Жыл бұрын
If that was me, I honestly would probably take pictures of the weight but I wouldn’t submit it to get a world record, I would have just released it because I hate to see fish like that captured for 3 hours just to be declined as a record
@bassman4201000
8 ай бұрын
Jed also snagged it off the bed everyone in SD knows.
@spLiffyFOUR20
Жыл бұрын
I remember a record bass where the guys weighed the fish on the boat instead of land, so they didn't count it, and they had already released it and then got told it had to be on land lol
@royboy9361
Жыл бұрын
Mike Long probably snagged it. 😂😆🤣
@edwinn1348
Жыл бұрын
my uncle acually was the one holding it in the first picture
@TurtleFootMining
Жыл бұрын
You left out the main part in the first catch where they couldn’t verify the fish because he weighed it on the boat and not land 😅
@chriswalls5831
9 ай бұрын
I know there's bass here over 20lbs I've had my line break
@juverlopez13
2 ай бұрын
Seawater groupers know bout Dottie
@southernkid8109
Жыл бұрын
I have not heard of hem before
@dickersonrobert6839
Жыл бұрын
Jed Dickerson thats my uncle i was 2 when he got that fish lol
@iceman-ko6xi
Жыл бұрын
someone put a lot of fishing weights in that fish
@user-lq1yb6uz1o
2 ай бұрын
The game wardens have kinda screwed people out of record bass a few times. There were some big spotted bass caught by these guys in California also. And they kinda got screwed out of that y'all have to look up that story. What a guy to not submit it because he feels it was foul hooked. Wow
@jeremylesso857
Жыл бұрын
How did the fish loose weight in 3 hours and what difference does it make if it's foul hooked? I'm stumped
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