Maine Official State Record Saltwater Fish

MAINE STATE SALTWATER ANGLER RECORDS

CURRENT (JAN. 2003)

SPECIES

SCIENTIFIC NAME

METHOD

WEIGHT

PLACE

ANGLER

DATE

bass, striped

(Morone saxatillis)

HL

vacant

RR

67.0 lbs.

Sheepscot River

Douglas Dodge

09/20/78

FR

vacant

bluefish

(Pomatomus saltatrix)

HL

vacant

RR

19.66 lbs.

Boothbay Harbor

Denis Moran

08/08/94

FR

vacant

cod, Atlantic

(Gadus morhua)

HL

vacant

RR

80 lbs. 7 oz.

Perkins Cove, Ogunquit

Neil Downey

09/08/92

FR

vacant

JM

41.0 lbs.*

Perkins Cove, Ogunquit

Collin Morgan

08/13/01

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

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