Maryland Fishing


Updated May 14, 2007
Ocean
Species	Weight	Angler	Date
Albacore (longfin)	74 lbs. 70.1 lbs.	Victor W. Gardner II Gary Lee Withers	07/17/2004 11/08/00
Atlantic Spadefish	11 lbs. 6.5 oz	Noel Lohr	09/02/2004
Black Seabass	8lbs.	Hayward Madison	1978
Bluefish	23 lbs., 8 oz	Lillian Morris	10/30/74
Cobia	51 lbs., 12 oz	Pete Heppner	6/17/06
Dolphin	67 lbs., 8 oz	Kim Lawson	07/21/85
Drum, Black	79 lbs.	Stanley Ilyes	09/07/85
Drum, Red*	70 lbs.	Robert Light	09/24/77
False Albacore	22 lbs., 8 oz	Kevin Sheckells	06/25/95
Flounder, Summer	17 lbs.	Anthony Vacari	10/03/74
Flounder, Winter	4 lbs., 7 oz.	Jeremy Kuhn	08/03/20006
King Mackerel	47 lbs.	Gerald Kauffman	10/18/85
Kingfish	2 lbs., 8 oz	Grace Walker	10/01/75
Porgy	6 lbs., 3 oz	Pearl Hopple	07/04/66
Marlin, Blue	942 lbs.	Jim Daniel	08/09/89
White Marlin	135 lbs	George Pierson	08/29/80
Shark, Black Tip	193 lbs.	Brian Zysk	08/04/91
Shark, Blue	280 lbs.	Martin Waltman	09/13/97
Shark, Dusky*	469 lbs.	Jim Liberto	07/01/82
Shark, Great White	467 lbs.	Jack Holmes	06/11/92
Shark, Hammerhead, Scalloped	194 lbs.	Gregory S. Garman	06/19/2004
Shark, Hammerhead, Smooth	375 lbs.	George Wilson Ford V	06/17/2004
Shark, Mako	766 lbs.	Frank Gaither	05/25/84
Shark, Sand Tiger*	334 lbs	Billy Leidner	09/08/83
Shark, Sandbar	235 lbs	Mark Sampson	07/08/83
Shark, Dogfish, Smooth	15 lbs., 5 oz.	Gregg Bacchien	05/22/93
Shark, Dogfish, Spiny	11 lbs., 8 oz.	Meyels Sampson	05/17/93
Shark, Thresher	613 585 lbs.	Don Lorden Donnie Simon	06/13/2003 06/04/1999
Shark, Tiger	1,210 lbs.	Grace Czerniak	07/09/83
Sheepshead	17 lbs. 8 oz.	Raymond Daniel	07/25/2004
Spotted Seatrout	13 lbs.	Jack Miller	08/21/73
Striped Bass	57.2 lbs 52.9 lbs	Gary Smith Allen L. Sklar Jr	05/06/06 05/16/2005
Tautog	19 lbs., 8 oz	Noah King	05/10/80
Tuna, Bigeye	375 lbs., 8 oz	Cecil Browne	08/26/77
Tuna, Blackfin	32 lbs.	Bob Zang	09/20/98
Tuna, Bluefin	625 lbs.	James Daniels, IV	08/03/75
Tuna, Yellowfin	236.5 lbs.	Mark Bennett	09/22/02
Wahoo	111 lbs.	Christian Tiller	10/08/03
Weakfish	16 lbs.	Donald Cannon	09/11/76

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Species	Weight	Angler	Date
Black Drum	103 lbs., 8 oz	Robert Messik Jr.	09/23/73
Bluefish	22 lbs.	John Davidson	10/18/79
		Ronald Raffo	05/31/86
		Thomas R. Talbott	05/08/91
Carp	44 lbs., 6 oz	Jimmy Lake	04/28/78
Catfish, Blue	65 lbs., 8 oz. 53 lbs.	Josh Fitchett Michael Kingree	09/30/06 12/06/01
Catfish, Channel	29 lbs., 10 oz	Kevin Kern	04/26/97
Chain Pickerel	6lbs., 8 oz	James Grant	05/19/65
Cobia	97 lbs., 12 oz	John Scheifele	09/12/69
Crappie	2 lbs., 10 oz	Lawrence Rush	04/04/02
Croaker	6.52 lbs. 6 lbs., 3 oz	Russell Knapp Rome Tull	09/04/06 07/09/80
Flounder, Summer	15 lbs.	Kenneth Grimes	10/14/78
Gar	16 lbs.	Thomas Pruitt	07/29/2006
Hickory Shad*	4 lbs.	John Schaeffer Jr.	07/23/71
Largemouth Bass	9 lbs., 1 oz	J.D. Noell	09/13/75
Norfolk Spot	2 lbs.	Parlett Moore	09/05/78
Red Drum*	74 lbs., 6 oz	Earnest Hutchinson	05/15/77
Rock Bass	1 lb	Timothy A. Adams	05/04/97
Sheepshead	13 lbs. 6 lbs., 5.92 oz	Margaret L. Taylor Tom Horan	06/11/06 09/25/99
Smallmouth Bass	6 lbs.	Charles Janes	07/23/71
Spanish Mackerel	10.99 lbs.	George Hemelt	10/02/02
Spotted Seatrout	16 lbs., 6 oz	John Phillips	05/15/77
Striped Bass	67 lbs., 8 oz	Devin Nolan	05/13/95
Weakfish	16 lbs., 8 oz	Wayne Lappe	05/08/79
White Perch	2 lbs., 10 oz	Sid Stollings	05/18/79
White (American) Shad*	8 lbs., 2 oz	Vance Carter	05/03/75
Yellow Perch	2 lbs., 3 oz	Niles Pethel	11/21/79

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