| Species |
Weight |
Location |
Angler |
Date |
| Albacore Tuna |
77 lbs 15 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Spencer Canyon |
S. Scannapiego |
1984 |
| American Eel |
9 lbs 3 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Atlantic City |
Warren Campbell |
1988 |
| American Shad |
11 lbs 1 oz |
Delaware River |
Charles Mower |
1984 |
| Atlantic Bonito |
13 lbs 8 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Sandy Hook |
Frank Lykes Jr. |
1945 |
| Atlantic Croaker |
5 lbs 8 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Delaware Bay |
Frederick Brown |
1981 |
| Atlantic Mackerel |
4 lbs 1 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Manasquan Ridge |
Abe Elkin |
1983 |
| Atlantic Salmon |
8 lbs 0 oz |
New Wawayanda Lake |
John Mount |
1951 |
| Atlantic Spanish Mackerel |
9 lbs 12 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Cape May |
Donald Kohler |
1990 |
| Atlantic Sturgeon |
82 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Sandy Hook |
Glen Lasco |
1994 |
| Barracuda |
27 lbs 8 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Cape May |
Gary Szilagyi |
1991 |
| Bigeye Tuna |
364 lbs 14 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Hudson Canyon |
George Krenick |
1984 |
| Black Crappie |
4 lbs 8 oz |
Pompton Lake |
Andy Tintle |
1996 |
| Black Drum |
105 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Slaughters Beach |
George Newett |
1995 |
| Black Sea Bass |
8 lbs 2 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Inshore Wreck |
Tony Cunha |
1992 |
| Black Sea Bass |
8 lbs 2 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Pt. Pleasant |
John Geddes |
1994 |
| Blowfish |
9 lbs 10 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Delaware Bay |
Kevin Steward |
1992 |
| Blue Marlin |
1046 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Hudson Canyon |
Phil Infantolino |
1986 |
| Blue Shark |
366 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Mud Hole |
Albert Jewitt |
1996 |
| Bluefin Tuna |
1030 lbs 6 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Pt. Pleasant |
Royal Parsons |
1981 |
| Bluefish |
27 lbs 1 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Five Fathom Bank |
Roger Kastorsky |
1997 |
| Bluegill Sunfish |
3 lbs 0 oz |
private pond - in Pennington |
Dom Santarelli |
1990 |
| Bowfin |
8 lbs 4 oz |
Lake Tranquility |
Craig Raffay |
1988 |
| Brook Trout |
7 lbs 3 oz |
Rockaway River |
Andrew DuJack |
1995 |
| Brown Bullhead |
4 lbs 8 oz |
Lake of the Woods - Fort Dix |
Gary Schmidt |
1997 |
| Brown Trout |
21 lbs 6 oz |
Round Valley Reservoir |
Lenny Saccente |
1995 |
| Carp |
47 lbs 0 oz |
South Branch Raritan River |
Billy Friedman |
1995 |
| Chain Pickerel |
9 lbs 3 oz |
Lower Aetna Lake |
Frank McGovern |
1957 |
| Channel Catfish |
33 lbs 3 oz |
Lake Hopatcong |
Howard Hudson |
1978 |
| Cobia |
87 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Sea Bright |
John Shanchuk |
1999 |
| Cod |
81 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Brielle |
Joseph Chesla |
1967 |
| Cunner |
1 lbs 10 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Offshore Wreck |
Al Ristori |
1993 |
| Dogfish Shark |
19 lbs 8 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Pleasantville |
Michael LaTorre |
2000 |
| Dolphin |
63 lbs 3 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Baltimore Canyon |
Scott Smith Jr. |
1974 |
| Dusky Shark |
530 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Great Egg Inlet |
Brian Dunlevy |
1987 |
| Fluke |
19 lbs 12 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Cape May |
Walter Lubin |
1953 |
| Grass Carp |
50 lbs 0 oz |
Garrison Lake |
Steve Babilino |
2001 |
| Great White Shark |
759 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Pt. Pleasant |
Jim Kneipp |
1988 |
| Greater Amberjack |
85 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Cape May |
Edwin Metzner |
1993 |
| Hammerhead Shark |
365 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Mud Hole |
Walter Thacara |
1985 |
| Hybrid Bass |
16 lbs 4 oz |
Culvers Lake |
Bill Schmidt |
1999 |
| Hybrid Bass |
12 lbs 7 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Cape May Rips |
David Kmiec |
1993 |
| King Mackerel |
54 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Cape May |
Fernando Alfaiate |
1998 |
| Lake Trout |
26 lbs 0 oz |
Round Valley Reservoir |
Walter Neumann |
2001 |
| Largemouth Bass |
10 lbs 14 oz |
Menantico Sand Wash Pond |
Robert Eisele |
1980 |
| Little Tuna |
24 lbs 15 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Sea Bright |
Mark Niemczyk |
1977 |
| Lobster |
7 lbs 4 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Garden State North Reef |
Shelly Marin |
1996 |
| Longbill Spearfish |
42 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Poor Mans Canyon |
George Algard |
1989 |
| Longbill Spearfish |
42 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Hudson Canyon |
Joseph Natoli |
1997 |
| Mako Shark |
856 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Wilmington Canyon |
Christopher Palmer |
1994 |
| Muskellunge |
42 lbs 13 oz |
Monksville Reservoir |
Bob Neals |
1997 |
| North Puffer Blowfish |
1 lbs 14 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Delaware Bay |
Virginia Patten |
1987 |
| Northern Kingfish |
2 lbs 3 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Barnegat Bay |
Linda Van Horn |
1993 |
| Northern Pike |
30 lbs 2 oz |
Spruce Run Reservoir |
Herb Hepler |
1977 |
| Northern Stargazer |
13 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Cape May |
Jim Ludt |
2000 |
| Pollock |
46 lbs 7 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Brielle |
John Holton |
1975 |
| Porgy |
5 lbs 14 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Delaware Bay |
Victor Rone |
1976 |
| Pumpkinseed Sunfish |
1 lbs 8 oz |
private pond |
Daryl Donaldson |
1987 |
| Rainbow Trout |
13 lbs 0 oz |
Lake Hopatcong |
Gene Rutkoski |
1988 |
| Red Drum |
55 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Great Bay |
Daniel Yanino |
1985 |
| Red Hake |
8 lbs 12 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Belmar |
George DeMaertelaere |
1990 |
| Redfin Pickerel |
1 lbs 13 oz |
Lower Assunpink |
Gerald Humphrey |
1982 |
| Rock Bass |
1 lbs 5 oz |
Saddle River |
Eric Avogardo |
1982 |
| Sailfish |
41 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Wilmington Canyon |
Stephen Fanelli |
1984 |
| Sand Tiger Shark |
246 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Delaware Bay |
Richard Brown |
1989 |
| Sandbar (brown) Shark |
168 lbs 8 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Little Egg Inlet |
John Norton |
1987 |
| Sheepshead |
14 lbs 1 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Great Egg Inlet |
Brian Cummings |
1995 |
| Skipjack Tuna |
13 lbs 4 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Wilmington Canyon |
Craig Eberbach |
1999 |
| Smallmouth Bass |
7 lbs 2 oz |
Round Valley Reservoir |
Carol Marciniak |
1990 |
| Spadefish |
11 lbs 6 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Delaware Bay |
Cliff Low |
1998 |
| Spiny Dogfish Shark |
15 lbs 12 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Cape May |
Jeff Pennick |
1990 |
| Spotted Sea Trout |
11 lbs 2 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Holgate Surf |
Bert Harper |
1974 |
| Striped Bass |
36 lbs 8 oz |
Delaware River |
Richard Frankenfield |
2001 |
| Striped Bass |
78 lbs 8 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Atlantic City |
Al McReynolds |
1982 |
| Swordfish |
530 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Wilmington Canyon |
Edmund Levitt |
1964 |
| Tarpon |
53 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Sea Bright |
Jim Klaczkiewicz |
1982 |
| Tautog |
25 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Ocean City |
Anthony R. Monica |
1998 |
| Thresher Shark |
587 lbs 8 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - 5 m inshore of Triple Wrecks |
Stephen Rhodes |
1997 |
| Tiger Muskellunge |
29 lbs 0 oz |
Delaware River |
Larry Migliarese |
1990 |
| Tiger Shark |
880 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Cape May |
Billy DeJohn |
1988 |
| Wahoo |
123 lbs 12 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - 28-Mile Wreck |
Robert Carr |
1992 |
| Walleye |
13 lbs 9 oz |
Delaware River |
George Fundell |
1993 |
| Weakfish |
18 lbs 8 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Delaware Bay |
Karl Jones |
1986 |
| White Catfish |
10 lbs 5 oz |
Raritan River |
Lewis Lomerson |
1976 |
| White Crappie |
2 lbs 10 oz |
Riverview Park Pond |
Bobby Barnard |
1997 |
| White Hake |
41 lbs 7 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Barnegat Light |
Wayne Eble |
1989 |
| White Marlin |
137 lbs 8 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Hudson Canyon |
Mike Marchell |
1980 |
| White Perch |
3 lbs 1 oz |
Forest Hill Lake |
Edward Tango |
1989 |
| White Perch |
2 lbs 12 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Little Beach Creek |
Michael King |
1998 |
| Winter Flounder |
5 lbs 11 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Off Barnegat Light |
Jimmy Swanson |
1992 |
| Yellow Perch |
2 lbs 6 oz |
Holiday Lake |
Gene Engels |
1989 |
| Yellowfin Tuna |
290 lbs 0 oz |
Atlantic Ocean - Hudson Canyon |
Wayne Brinkerhoff |
1980 |
