DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES |
Maine State Saltwater Angler Records
and
Vacancies
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MAINE
STATE SALTWATER ANGLER RECORDS |
|
CURRENT
(JAN. 2003) |
|
SPECIES |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
METHOD |
WEIGHT |
PLACE |
ANGLER |
DATE |
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bass,
striped |
(Morone
saxatillis) |
HL |
vacant |
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RR |
67.0 lbs. |
Sheepscot
River |
Douglas
Dodge |
09/20/78 |
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|
|
FR |
vacant |
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|
|
bluefish |
(Pomatomus saltatrix) |
HL |
vacant |
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|
|
|
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|
RR |
19.66 lbs. |
Boothbay
Harbor |
Denis
Moran |
08/08/94 |
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|
|
FR |
vacant |
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|
|
|
cod,
Atlantic |
(Gadus
morhua) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
80 lbs. 7
oz. |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Neil
Downey |
09/08/92 |
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|
|
FR |
vacant |
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|
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JM |
41.0 lbs.* |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Collin
Morgan |
08/13/01 |
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|
JF |
26.5 lbs.* |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Rebecca
Ranta |
07/09/00 |
|
cusk |
(Brosme
brosme) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
33.42 lbs. |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Kenton
Geer |
10/11/02 |
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|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
flounder,
winter |
(Pleuronectes
americanus) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
4 lbs. 3
oz. |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Lisa
Boughner |
06/28/89 |
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
goosefish |
(Lophius americanus) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
49 lbs. 12
oz.* |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Nancy
Lee Regimbald |
07/09/91 |
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
haddock |
(Melanogrammus
aeglefinus) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
11 lbs. 11
oz.* |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Jim Mailea |
09/12/91 |
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
hake, red |
(Urophycis chuss) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
hake,
silver |
(Merluccius billnearis) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
4.51 lbs.* |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Erik
M. Callahan |
08/08/95 |
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
hake,
white |
(Urophycis tenuis) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
46 lbs. 4
oz.* |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
John
Audet |
10/26/86 |
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
halibut,
Atlantic |
(Hippoglossus
hippoglossus) |
HL |
vacant |
Bailey
Island |
Richard
F. Hincman |
08/14/65 |
|
|
|
RR |
215.0 lbs. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
mackerel,
Atlantic |
(Scomber scombrus) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
2.44 lbs. |
Bailey
Island |
Ian T.
Bexon |
07/25/95 |
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
oceanpout |
(Macrozoarces
americanus) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
pollock |
(Pollachius virens) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
46 lbs. 10.9
oz. |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Linda
Paul |
10/24/90 |
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
JM |
34.0 lbs.* |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Andrew
Tuttle |
08/11/97 |
|
|
|
JF |
38.0 lbs. |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Dawn
Hersom |
08/14/86 |
|
ray,
torpedo |
(Torpedo nobiliana) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
35 lbs. 5
oz.* |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Don
Carigan |
08/24/95 |
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
redfish |
(Sebastes fasciatus) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
vacant |
|
|
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|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
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|
|
sea bass,
black |
(Centropristis striata) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
1.75 lbs. |
Ogunquit |
David
Hutchins |
06/08/02 |
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
shad,
American |
(Alosa
sapidissima) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
shark,
blue |
(Prionace glauca) |
HL |
closed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
391.0
lbs.** |
Portland |
Ken Putnam |
08/09/89 |
|
|
|
FR |
101.0
lbs.** |
Bath |
Fred
Danforth |
08/30/96 |
|
shark,
mako |
(Isurus
oxyrinchus) |
HL |
724.0 lbs. |
Portland |
Mark Chase |
08/15/92 |
|
|
|
RR |
680.0 lbs. |
Saco |
Jim Hinkley,
Jr. |
08/15/90 |
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
shark,
porbeagle |
(Lamna
nasus) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
548.0 lbs. |
Bailey
Island |
Wesley
Hurst, Jr. |
07/22/95 |
|
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
shark, spiny
dogfish |
(Squalus acanthia) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
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|
|
RR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
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|
|
shark,
thresher |
(Alopias vulpinus) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
425.0 lbs. |
Boothbay
Harbor |
John
Shostak |
07/14/98 |
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
shark,
white |
(Carcharodon carcharias) |
HL |
closed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
closed |
|
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|
FR |
closed |
|
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|
swordfish, Atlantic
broadbill |
(Xiphias gladius) |
HP |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
tuna,
bluefin |
(Thunnus thynnus
thynnus) |
HP |
1155.0
lbs. |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Tim
Tower/Percy Stevens, Jr. |
08/20/81 |
|
|
|
HL |
810.0 lbs. |
Portland |
Ian
T. Bexon |
09/07/98 |
|
|
|
RR |
819.0 lbs. |
Bath |
Jerry
Jamison |
08/10/77 |
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
wolffish,
Atlantic |
(Anarhichas lupus) |
HL |
vacant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RR |
30.0 lbs. |
Perkins Cove,
Ogunquit |
Gunther
Schultz |
08/21/90 |
|
|
|
FR |
vacant |
|
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Angling method HP=
harpoon, HL= handline, RR= rod & reel, FR= fly rod
JM= Junior Male, JF= Junior
Female |
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* also
current International Game Fish Association (IFGA) world
all-tackle record |
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**
category closed | |
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