New Jersey State Record Saltwater Sport Fish Species Lbs. Oz. Year Angler Where Caught             Amberjack, greater 85 0 1993 Edwin Metzner Off Cape May Barracuda 27 8 1991 Gary Szilagyi Off Cape May Bass, black sea 8 2 1992 1994 Tony Cunha John Geddes Inshore Wreck Off Pt. Pleasant Blowfish, N. puffer 1 14 1987 Virginia Patten Delaware Bay Blowfish (other) 9 10 1992 Kevin Steward Delaware Bay Bluefish 27 1 1997 Roger Kastorsky Five Fathom Bank Bonito, Atlantic 13 8 1945 Frank Lykes, Jr. Off Sandy Hook Cobia 87 0 1999 John Shanchuk Off Sea Bright Cod 81 0 1967 Joseph Chesla Off Brielle Crab, blue 8 1/2" pt. to pt. 1995 William Dool Manahawkin *Crab, blue 9" pt. to pt. 1980 Frank Springfield Delaware Bay Croaker, Atlantic 5 8 1981 Frederick Brown Delaware Bay Cunner 1 14 2002 Kevin Mathiasen Off Brielle Cutlass 6 11 2002 Mike Green Mudhole Dogfish, smooth 19 8 2000 Michael LaTorre Pleasantville Dogfish, spiny 15 12 1990 Jeff Pennick Off Cape May Dolphin 63 3 1974 Scott Smith, Jr. Baltimore Canyon Drum, black 105 0 1995 George Newett Delaware Bay Drum, red 55 0 1985 Daniel Yanino Great Bay Eel, American 9 13 1988 Warren Campbell Atlantic City Fluke 19 12 1953 Walter Lubin Off Cape May Flounder, winter 5 11 1992 Jimmy Swanson Off Barnegat Light Hake, white 41 7 1989 Wayne Eble Off Barnegat Light Kingfish, Northern 2 8 2004 Chester Urbanski Barnegat Bay *Kingfish, Northern 2 5 1969 Robert Morton Off Cape May Ling (red hake) 11 1 2002 Natalie Jones Off Brielle Lobster, American 15 3 2003 William Sharp Off Absecon Inlet Mackerel, Atlantic 4 1 1983 Abe Elkin Manasquan Ridge Mackerel, chub 1 9 2002 Kathleen Leso Off Spring Lake Mackerel, king 54 0 1998 Fernando Alfaiate Off Cape May **Mackerel, Spanish 9 12 1990 Donald Kohler Off Cape May Marlin, blue 1,046 0 1986 Phil Infantolino Hudson Canyon Marlin, white 137 8 1980 Mike Marchell Hudson Canyon Perch, white 2 12 1998 Michael King Little Beach Creek **Pollock 46 7 1975 John Holton Off Brielle Porgy 5 14 1976 Victor Rone Delaware Bay Sailfish 41 0 1984 Stephen Fanelli Wilmington Canyon Seatrout, spotted 11 2 1974 Bert Harper Holgate Surf Shad, American 7 0 1967 Rodger West Great Bay Shad, hickory **Vacant** (Minimum Weight 2 Lbs.) Shark, blue 366 0 1996 Albert Jewitt Mud Hole Shark, bull **Vacant** (Minimum Weight 150 Lbs.) Shark, dusky 530 0 1987 Brian Dunlevy Off Great Egg Inlet Shark, hammerhead 365 0 1985 Walter Thacara Mud Hole Shark, porbeagle **Vacant** (Minimum Weight 100 Lbs.) Shark, sandbar 168 8 1987 John Norton Little Egg Inlet Shark, sand tiger 246 0 1989 Richard Brown Delaware Bay Shark, s-fin mako 856 0 1994 Christopher Palmer Wilmington Canyon Shark, thresher 617 0 2004 Chris Chalmers Off Cape May Shark, tiger 880 0 1988 Billy DeJohn Off Cape May Shark, white 759 0 1988 Jim Kneipp Off Pt. Pleasant Sheepshead 17 3 2003 Paul Lowe Manahawkin Bay Spadefish 11 6 1998 Cliff Low Delaware Bay Spearfish, longbill 42 0 1989 1997 George Algard Joseph Natoli Poor Man’s Canyon Hudson Canyon Spot 0 13 2003 Robert Belsky, Jr. Little Sheepshead Creek Stargazer, northern 13 0 2000 Jim Ludt Off Cape May **Striped bass 78 8 1982 Al McReynolds Atlantic City Striped bass, hybrid 13 2 2004 James R. Fowler off Brigantine Sturgeon, Atlantic 82 0 1994 Glen Lasco Sandy Hook Swordfish 530 0 1964 Edmund Levitt Wilmington Canyon Tarpon 53 0 1982 Jim Klaczkiewicz Off Sea Bright **Tautog 25 0 1998 Anthony R. Monica Off Ocean City Tilefish, golden 51 2 2002 Paul Brady Wilmington Canyon **Tilefish, gray 10 9 2001 Jim Zigarelli Off Sea Girt Artificial Reef Triggerfish 4 10 2004 Paul Kaessler Shrewsbury Rocks Tuna, albacore 77 15 1984 Dr. S. Scannapiego Spencer Canyon Tuna, big-eye 364 14 1984 George Krenick Hudson Canyon Tuna, bluefin 1,030 6 1981 Royal Parsons Off Pt. Pleasant Tuna, skipjack 13 4 1999 Craig Eberbach Wilmington Canyon Tuna, yellowfin 290 0 1980 Wayne Brinkerhoff Hudson Canyon Tunny, little 24 15 1977 Mark Niemczyk Off Sea Bright Wahoo 123 12 1992 Robert Carr 28-Mile Wreck Weakfish 18 8 1986 Karl Jones Delaware Bay Whiting (silver hake) **Vacant** (Minimum Weight 2.5 Lbs.) * Historical record caught before species category established ** Denotes fish has been certified by the IGFA as a world record Record Fish Program updated 1/3/05

New Jersey State Record Freshwater Sport Fish Species Lbs. Oz. Year Angler Where Caught Bass, largemouth 10 14 1980 Robert Eisele Menantico Sand Wash Pond Bass, rock 1 5 1982 Eric Avogardo Saddle River Bass, smallmouth 7 2 1990 Carol Marciniak Round Valley Reservoir Bluegill 3 0 1990 Dom Santarelli Farm Pond in Pennington Bowfin 8 4 1988 Craig Raffay Lake Tranquility Bullhead, brown 4 8 1997 Gary Schmidt Lake of the Woods (Fort Dix) Carp 47 0 1995 Billy Friedman South Branch of Raritan River Carp, (archery) 42 1 1987 John Puchalik Delaware River Carp, grass 50 0 2001 Steve Babilino Garrison Lake Carp, grass (archery) 49 3 1996 George Vash Delaware & Raritan Canal Catfish, channel 33 3 1978 Howard Hudson Lake Hopatcong Catfish, white 14 4 2004 Timothy Jasko Dallenbach Pond Crappie, black 4 8 1996 Andy Tintle Pompton Lake Crappie, white 2 10 1997 Bobby Barnard Riverview Park Pond Eel, American 6 2 1994 James Long Round Valley Reservoir Muskellunge 42 13 1997 Bob Neals Monksville Reservoir Muskie, tiger 29 0 1990 Larry Migliarese Delaware River **Perch, white 3 1 1989 Edward Tango Forest Hill Lake Perch, yellow 2 6 1989 Gene Engels Holiday Lake *Perch, yellow 4 4 1865 Charles Abbott Crosswicks Creek *Pickerel, chain 9 3 1957 Frank McGovern Lower Aetna Lake Pickerel, redfin 1 13 1982 Gerald Humphrey Lake Assunpink Pike, Northern 30 2 1977 Herb Hepler Spruce Run Reservoir *Salmon (landlocked) 8 0 1951 John Mount New Wawayanda Lake Shad, American 11 1 1984 Charles Mower Delaware River Striped Bass 51 0 2002 John Christian Great Egg Harbor River Striped Bass, hybrid 16 4 1999 Bill Schmidt Culvers Lake Sunfish, pumpkinseed 1 8 1987 Daryl Donalson Farm Pond in Burlington County Trout, brook 7 3 1995 Andrew DuJack Rockaway River Trout, brown 21 6 1995 Lenny Saccente Round Valley Reservoir Trout, brown sea run **Vacant** (Minimum Weight 5 Lbs.) Trout, lake 32 8 2002 Gregory Young Round Valley Reservoir Trout, rainbow 13 0 1988 Gene Rutkoski Lake Hopatcong Walleye 13 9 1993 George Fundell Delaware River * Denotes Historical Record ** Denotes fish has been certified by the IGFA as a world record Record Fish Program updated December, 2004