New York State Marine Fishing Records

Marine Fish Records
As of May 6, 2015
Species	Weight (Lbs)	Angler	Date
Albacore (False)	16.38	John Skinner, Wading River, NY	10/18/2009
Albacore (Longfin)	81.15	Billy Turnbull, Key Colony Beach, FL	10/08/2011
Atlantic Bonito	12.49	Angelo Peluso, Port Jefferson, NY	10/17/2003
Black Sea Bass	9.00	Sal Vicari, Bronx, NY	10/10/1993
Tautog (Blackfish)	22.53	Bill Taylor, Amityville, NY	11/14/2014
Bluefish	25.00.	Peter Weber, Jr., Montauk, NY	10/30/1998
Cod	85.00	Fred Shay, Jr., Montauk, NY	02/25/1984
Dolphin	52.00	Richard Divika, Huntington, NY	08/25/1985
Flounder (Winter)	7.22	Jack Cohen, Staten Island, NY	06/29/1997
Fluke*	22.44	Charles Nappi, Hicksville, NY	09/15/1975
Golden Tilefish	63.50	Mark Kaminski, Plainview, NY	06/23/2010
Marlin (Blue)	1,174.00	Bill Sweedler, Westport, CT	07/20/1986
Marlin (White)	130.00	Mrs. P. Dater, East Hampton, NY	08/13/1951
Pollack	45.94	Bruce Morabito, West Islip, NY	08/26/1988
Porgy (Scup)	6.25	Samuel Warren, District Hgts, MD	10/01/1978
Shark (Blue)	528.00	Joe Siedel, Bayside, NY	08/09/2001
Shark (Mako)	1,080.00	James Melanson, Haverhill, MD	08/26/1979
Shark (Porbeagle)	393.00	Robert Bruno, Staten Island, NY	08/23/2014
Shark (Thresher)	614.00	Joe Calandra, NY	10/12/1994
Shark (Tiger)	1,087.00	Ken Rafferty, Massapequa, NY	07/23/1986
Shark (White)	3,450.00	Don Braddick, Montauk, NY	08/06/1986
Striped Bass	76.00	Bob Rocchetta, East Setauket, NY	07/17/1981
Swordfish	540.00	Dean Delle Donne, Moriches, NY	09/08/2006
Triggerfish	7.63	Steven Newman, Montauk, NY	10/03/1999
Tuna (Bigeye)	355.00	Richard Buechmann, Oakdale, NY	09/27/1981
Tuna (Bluefin)	1,071.00	Larry Thompson, Montauk, NY	08/21/1977
Tuna (Yellowfin)	248.50	Bruce Weisinger, East Hills, NY	09/09/2002
Wahoo	117.00	Jonathan Stabe, Brewster, NY	08/17/2013
Weakfish	19.13	Dennis Rooney, Seaford, NY	10/11/1984
White Perch	2.34	Michael Cohn, Seaford, NY	12/02/2010

^{* All Tackle World Record}
Official Marine Fishing Record Entry Sheet(PDF, 81 KB)
For further information contact Sandra Dumais at 631-444-0445 or e-mail the Division of Marine Resources.

Recreational Blue Crab State Record

NYSDEC would like to find a state record for blue crab (Callinectes sapidus).
If you feel that you have caught a record blue crab, please fill out the entry form below!

Official Recreational Blue Crab Record Entry Form (PDF, 103 KB)
For further information about the Recreational Blue Crab Record contact Christopher Scott at 631-444-0429 or NYBlueCrab@dec.ny.gov.

Page applies to NYS Marine Costal District

Connecticut Saltwater State Record Fish

State Record Marine Fish
Common Name	Size			Location Caught	Angler	Year Caught
Common Name	lbs	oz	Length	Location Caught	Angler	Year Caught
Albacore	68	14	46.5″	Atlantis Canyon	John Dagon	2012
American Eel	5	3	39.5″	West Haven	Alyssa Zuppe	2017
Atlantic Bonito	11	8	29.5″	Ocean Beach	Mark Drummey	2017
Atlantic Cod	45	0		South of Block Island	John Chomen	2004
Black Sea Bass	7	8	25″	Six Mile Reef	Mike Lane	2005
Blackfish (Tautog)	26	9.6	34″	Two Tree Island	Thien Nguyen	2015
Bluefin Tuna	770	0		Block Island Sound	Lester Debetta	1990
Bluefish	24	13		Norwalk Island	Charles J. Toth	1979
Blue Marlin	449	6		Atlantis Canyon	Jeffery K. Eckert	2001
Blue Shark	361	0		Ranger Wreck	Robert H. Olsen	1993
Clearnose Skate	9	8	37″	Fort Hale Park	Anthony Carpentino	2017
Conger Eel	5	12		Stonington	Daniel Hatfield	2009
Cunner	3	4		Block Island Sound	Wesley E. Sargent	1998
Hickory Shad	3	4	23″	Niantic River, Niantic	Richard Kozlowski	2003
Hogchoker	0	9	10.25″	West Haven	Albert Zuppe	2016
Little Tunny (False Albacore)	16	13	37″	Butterfish Hole	Vincent Deledda	2011
Mako Shark	650	0		Block Island Sound	Gregory J. Erisoty	1987
Oyster Toadfish	2	8	16″	Millstone Point, Waterford	Zach Naoumides	2007
Pollock	34	2		Block Island Sound	Joe DeCosta	2000
Porbeagle Shark	191	0	75″	Ryan’s Horn	Austin Urban	2013
Sandbar (Brown) Shark	118	7		CT River, Old Saybrook	Bruce Kelly	1995
Scup (Porgy)	4	2	19″	Block Island Sound	Marcelo Moutinho	2012
Sheepshead Porgy	10	11		Branford Reef	Clyde Turner	1998
Longfin Squid			14.25″ mantle	Stonington Harbor	Christopher Sottile	2016
Smooth Dogfish	18	11	57″	West Haven	Jennifer Zuppe	2017
Striped Bass WORLD RECORD	81	15	54″	Outer Southwest Reef	Greg Myerson	2011
Striped Sea Robin	4	3	20″	Housatonic River	Howard Wolowitz	2012
Summer Flounder (Fluke)	14	11	31″	Black Point, Niantic	Tobey Sweet	2013
Swordfish	359	0	26″	Fish Tales	Fred J. Malcarne	2004
Thresher Shark	467	0		Montauk Point	Mark Hiller	2006
White Marlin	108	8		Block Canyon	Frederick Iasiello	1988
White Perch	1	15	14″	CT River, Old Lyme	Rufino Vargas Jr.	2015
Weakfish	17	14		Fayerweather Island	June Andrejko	1986
Winter Flounder	6	1		Millstone Pt., Waterford	Tom Kobas	1999
Winter Skate	17	6		Watch Hill, R.I.	William F. Zanks	1995
Yellowfin Tuna	210	7		Block Canyon	Cahrles J. Lobacz	1991

Exotic Rare Marine Species Category
Common Name	Size			Location Caught	Angler	Year Caught
Common Name	lbs	oz	Length	Location Caught	Angler	Year Caught
Atlantic Chub Mackerel	2	1	14″	Montauk Shoal	Brandon Collins	2016
Banded Rudderfish	1	1	12.6″	Pleasure Beach, Jordan Cove	Valinn Ranelii	2011
Black Drum	15	3		New Haven Breakwater	Howard D. LaFrance	2001
Black Grouper	1	4	13.5″	Millstone Outflow	Hugh Durham	2012
Cobia	18	0		East Haven	Nicholas Carafeno	2008
Dolphinfish (Mahi Mahi)	47	2	60″	Fish Tales Cnyon	John Dagon	2016
Jack Crevalle	2	15	18″	Millstone Outflow, Waterford	Craig Johnston	2013
Grey Snapper	5	15	25″	Millstone Outflow	Nelson Carey	2016
Gray Triggerfish	6	1.5	19″	Pine Island, Groton	Keith Mehmet	2016
Ladyfish	2	8		Millstone Pt., Waterford	Arnie Costello	1995
Monkfish	42	0	40″	Southside of Fisher’s Island	Craig Weagle	2016
Northern Kingfish	2	10	19.5	Silver Sands State Park	Christopher Shea	2016
Roughtail Stingray	53	15	93″	Harkness Memorial State Park	Domingo Garcia	2013
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark	235	0		Block Island Sound	Richard Bonaccorsi	1992
Smooth Puffer	9	6	25.25″	Sara’s Ledge	Wayne Schneider	2016
Spanish Mackerel	6	5		Branford Beacon	Michael Audet	2003
Thresher Shark	467	0		Montauk Pt.	Mark Hiller	2006
Torpedo Ray	89	8		Misquamicut, R.I.	Chuck Adams	2008
Wahoo	88	0		Fish Tales	Mike Matrishon	2005

New Jersey State Record
Saltwater Fish

Below are the current New Jersey record saltwater fish. In May, 2007, the program was revised to include Retired Categories of fish no longer included in the program, as well as Retired Historical Records. Currently there are 59 species of marine fish eligible for entry in the Record Fish Program.

In 2014 the program was again revised with the addition of the NJ Record Saltwater Fish – Spearfishing category. There are 17 species eligible for entry.

Anglers are reminded that the objective of the Record Fish Program is to increase the awareness of fishing opportunities for species that are regularly sought after and routinely found in or off the coast of New Jersey.

For more information and the application form see the Record Fish Program page.

Species	Lbs.	Oz.	Year	Angler	Where Caught
Amberjack, greater	85	0	1993	Edwin Metzner	Off Cape May
Bass, black sea	9	0	2015	Steve Singler	Atlantic Ocean
Bluefish	27	1	1997	Roger Kastorsky	Five Fathom Bank
Bonito, Atlantic	13	8	1945	Frank Lykes, Jr.	Off Sandy Hook
Cobia	87	0	1999	John Shanchuk	Off Sea Bright
Cod	81	0	1967	Joseph Chesla	Off Brielle
Crab, blue	8¾” pt. to pt.		2008	Raymond Ponik	Bayonne
Croaker, Atlantic	5	8	1981	Frederick Brown	Delaware Bay
Cunner	3	2.4	2015	Jorge Antonio Costa	Mud Hole
Dogfish, smooth	19	11.2	2013	Michael J. LaTorre, Jr.	Sculls Bay
Dogfish, spiny	15	12	1990	Jeff Pennick	Off Cape May
Dolphin	63	3	1974	Scott Smith, Jr.	Baltimore Canyon
Drum, black	109	0	2008	Nick Henry	Delaware Bay
Drum, red	55	0	1985	Daniel Yanino	Great Bay
Eel, American	9	13	1988	Warren Campbell	Atlantic City
Fluke	19	12	1953	Walter Lubin	Off Cape May
Flounder, winter	5	11	1993	Jimmy Swanson	Off Barnegat Light
Hake, red (Ling)	12	13	2010	Billy Watson	Off Manasqua
Hake, white	41	7	1989	Wayne Eble	Off Barnegat Light
Kingfish, Northern	2	8	2004	Chester Urbanski	Barnegat Bay
Mackerel, Atlantic	4	1	1983	Abe Elkin	Manasquan Ridge
Mackerel, king	54	0	1998	Fernando Alfaiate	Off Cape May
*Mackerel, Spanish	9	12	1990	Donald Kohler	Off Cape May
Marlin, blue	1,046	0	1986	Phil Infantolino	Hudson Canyon
Marlin, white	137	8	1980	Mike Marchell	Hudson Canyon
Perch, white	2	12	1998	Michael King	Little Beach Creek
*Pollock	46	7	1975	John Holton	Off Brielle
Porgy	5	14	1976	Victor Rone	Delaware Bay
Sailfish	43	4	2006	Dr. John Tallia	Linden Kohl Canyon
Seatrout, spotted	11	2	1974	Bert Harper	Holgate Surf
Shad, American	7	0	1967	Rodger West	Great Bay
Shad, hickory	2	13	2011	Robert Macejka	Mantoloking
Shark, blue	366	0	1996	William Young, Jr.	Mud Hole
Shark, bull	Vacant (Minimum Weight 150 Lbs.)
Shark, dusky	530	0	1987	Brian Dunlevy	Off Great Egg Inlet
Shark, hammerhead	365	0	1985	Walter Thackara	Mud Hole
Shark, porbeagle	Vacant (Minimum Weight 100 Lbs.)
Shark, s-fin mako	856	0	1994	Christopher Palmer	Wilmington Canyon
Shark, thresher	683	0	2009	Bennett Fogelberg	Fingers
Shark, tiger	880	0	1988	Billy DeJohn	Off Cape May
Sheepshead	19	3	2014	William Catino	Longport
Spadefish	11	6	1998	Cliff Low	Delaware Bay
Spearfish, longbill	42	0	1989 1997	George Algard Joseph Natoli	Poor Man’s Canyon Hudson Canyon
Spot	0	13	2003	Robert Belsky, Jr.	Little Sheepshead Creek
*Striped bass	78	8	1982	Al McReynolds	Atlantic City
Swordfish	530	0	1964	Edmund Levitt	Wilmington Canyon
Tautog	25	5.92	2015	Frank LaMorte	Atlantic Ocean
Tilefish, golden	63	8	2009	Dennis Muhlenforth	Lindenkohl Canyon
Tilefish, gray	23	4	2015	Mark Milici	Lindenkohl Canyon
Triggerfish, gray	6	11	2016	James Massimino	Sea Girt Reef
Tuna, albacore	77	15	1984	Dr. S. Scannapiego	Spencer Canyon
Tuna, big-eye	364	14	1984	George Krenick	Hudson Canyon
Tuna, bluefin	1,030	6	1981	Royal Parsons	Off Pt. Pleasant
Tuna, skipjack	13	4	1999	Craig Eberbach	Wilmington Canyon
Tuna, yellowfin	290	0	1980	Wayne Brinkerhoff	Hudson Canyon
*Tunny, little	24	15	1977	Mark Niemczyk	Off Sea Bright
Wahoo	123	12	1992	Robert Carr	28-Mile Wreck
Weakfish	18	8	1986	Karl Jones	Delaware Bay
Whiting (silver hake)	Vacant (Minimum Weight 2.5 Lbs.)