New Jersey Fishing Records

Fish - Weight - Place - Name of Record Holder - Date

Species Weight Length Location Angler Date Photo

Albacore Tuna 77 lbs 15 oz Atlantic Ocean - Spencer Canyon S. Scannapiego 1984

American Eel 6 lbs 133 oz Round Valley Reservoir David J. Payne 2005

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

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

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

Common Carp 47 lbs 0 oz South Branch Raritan River Billy Friedman 1995

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 Barracuda 27 lbs 8 oz Atlantic Ocean - Cape May Gary Szilagyi 1991

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

Ling Cod 81 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Off Brielle Joseph Chesla 1967

Little Tunny 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 8 oz Atlantic Ocean - Barnegat Bay Chester Urbanski 2004

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 51 lbs 0 oz 48" Delaware River John Christian 4/26/2002

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 617 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Off Cape May Chris Chalmers 2004

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 14 lbs 4 oz Dallenbach Pond Timothy Jasko 2004

White Crappie 2 lbs 14 oz Mill Pond Dean Montemore 2005

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