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

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