07-22-2009, 07:08 PM
Well, if the Japanese media had not been hogs it would have been worth ten times more to him, but DEPS and LURE magazine locked in the rights so they could sell DVD's on this in Japanese only!! This fact and the fact that he caught it on live bait even though he was sponsored by DEPS, will make it worth far less to him being almost exclusively in Japan. Maybe a 1/2 million US? It would have been worth ten times that much though if he and the Japanese media had done it right. I have the whole article and the updates with a new video with a Bass Guide from lake Biwa itself at ICAST 2009 talking about the lake and the world record.
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