Thanks to Jeff Brooks for sharing this great story about the big one that didn’t get away. Lure innovator Patrick Sebile came to Florida to fish with Jeff and former Bassmaster emcee Keith Alan as well as Christophe Garcia, Pure Fishing Sales Director in Europe.

Sebile used a wild-looking lure, his Sebile Proppler Buzz, to land a bass that measured 63 cm, besting the old IGFA length record of 59 cm, in May of 2012 on Lake Okeechobee. As usual, the IGFA took months to verify the new record and Sebile wanted to wait to break the news once he had certification that his was indeed the new world length record bass.

“It was a surreal moment. Patrick and I always have a great time on the water. I feel privileged to be associated with this record,” said Brooks, Florida Bass Nation Youth Director.

Click the link above to read Sebile’s account of the action.