Share your photos and stories in the comment or email me at Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our © 2020 Advance Local Media LLC. John was fishing in Pompton Lake, Passaic County when he reeled in the lunker, eclipsing the old record caught 32 years earlier in Spruce Run Reservoir by 6.5 ounces.
The fish measured 48 inches in length with a 28.5 inch girth. Top-requested sites to log in to services provided by the state
A 42-pound Muskellunge. The fish was 42" long and had a girth of 32". This photo shows Adam Faatz of Hawthorne, NJ with his state record in the archery category caught at Greenwood Lake on May 19, 2014. Close your eyes and imagine yourself reeling in one of these monsters: A 65-pound carp. ... 13 ounce American eel caught in Round Valley Reservoir on June 4, 2005. Chris Hoffman of Hamilton Township was fishing for largemouth bass in the Delaware River in Trenton on July 4, 2011 when he caught a new state record bowfin. This page, Massachusetts freshwater fish records, is in the scale of 1, Strongly Disagree, to 5, Strongly Agree
It can happen. Having stood for 35 years, the 11 lb 2 oz Hampshire giant by Steve Terry (also a carp angler) has rarely been seriously threatened and remains unchallenged on the British Record Fish Committee list. In this photo, David J. Payne of Plainfield, shows off his record-setting 6-pound, 13 ounce American eel caught in Round Valley Reservoir on June 4, 2005. If you think your trophy fish may have broken a catch and keep record, it needs to be weighed by a MassWildlife Fisheries Biologist.
That's a lot of Unagi. In addition to being positively identified by freshwater fisheries biologists, the fish was also verified by the curator of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia (ANSP). Brown trout include both freshwater populations and fish that move from fresh to saltwater. 4 oz. Weight: 8 lb. Hoffman told the DEP he felt lucky the bowfin’s formidable teeth did not snap the line It shattered the old record, set in 1988, by 2 lb. Your feedback will not receive a response. EXCITEMENT over a possible British eel record has quickly subsided after anglers realised a reported 11 lb 8 oz 8 dr Kent fish lacked the necessary witnesses. 2016 record tie. This photo is posted on the bulletin board at the reservoir boat launch, but the DEP website lists little other information on the catch.Matt Janiszewski caught this monster carp he registered at 53 lbs.
10 oz. New Jersey has populations of both. The Wels Catfish is the large size catfish, native to wide areas of southern and eastern Europe. It broke the old record, taken in the Delaware River by Mark Kronyak in 2008, by 1 lb.
His daughter Sarah is pictured holding the mount of the fish, which is still displayed prominently and proudly in the family home. Wels catfish is the largest true freshwater fish and can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh over 300 pounds. Top-requested sites to log in to services provided by the state
All rights reserved ( Nile Perch is a large freshwater fish native to the Congo, Nile, Turkana and other river basin of Africa. Nothing crappie about that! It also could have done well in any ugly fish contest. The record still stands, 21 years later. This would obliterate the current British record of 11lb 2oz, caught by Steve Terry back in 1978 from Kingfisher Lake in Hamshire.
Lake trout were introduced into the state in 1977 when the state stocked them in the reservoir. Weight: 7 lb. The world's biggest conger eel ever recorded was a … Flip through for a look at more monsters pulled from NJ lakes and rivers. It has happened. (source: NJ DEP)The state record smallmouth bass, caught by Carol Marciniak at the Round Valley Reservoir. In real life, the fish was not as pixelated as this photo. The eel record is the longest-standing on the British freshwater … A 14-pound catfish. The fish weighed an astounding 55 lbs. These fish are state records certified under the NJ Divisiion of Fish and Wildlife's Record Fish Program, which certifies top catches for 31 different species, as well as retired historical records for species that can no longer be legally targetted. (source NJ DEP)Andrew Du-Jack holds his state record brook trout caught on May 1, 1995, in the Rockaway River. 14 oz. A giant conger eel has been caught off Plymouth in Devon (Apex).
... Don't Edit. But rather than take the fish for an official weigh needed for an official record, he chose to release the egg-laden fish so it could live on and reproduce.What's your most epic catch? (photo courtesy of kneedeep.org)James Dempsey with his record grass carp caught in Curlis Lake, Mercer County on May 12, 2011. Neals caught this monster musky through the ice at Monksville Reservoir in January, 1997. MassWildlife keeps records of the biggest fish caught in Massachusetts’ waters that have public access. (source: NJ DEP)There are two categories of records for striped bass, one each for salt and fresh water. The fish shattered the previous record that had stood since 1976 by 3 pounds 15 ounces.Jasko was fishing with a simple bobber, hook and nightcrawler when he landed the fish from his boat on 14-pound test line. That's several pounds over the state record. He caught the fish casting from his boat on Pompton Lake on May 16, 1996.