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VIRGINIA MARINE
GAME FISH
RECORDS
(updated 03/27/2012)
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SPECIES |
WEIGHT |
WHERE |
WHEN |
ANGLER |
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Amberjack |
118 lbs |
Ches. Light Tower |
1986 |
Mark J. Roberts |
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Barracuda |
45 lbs 8 oz |
CB Buoy Line |
1996 |
Wayne Seymour |
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Bluefish |
25 lbs. 4 oz. |
Bluefish Rock |
1986 |
Gayle E. Cozzens |
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Cobia |
109 lbs. |
York Spit |
2006 |
Joseph F. Berberich II |
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Cod, Atlantic |
35 lbs. |
Off Wachapreague |
1969 |
Robert Crammer |
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Crevalle, Jack |
48 lbs. 12 oz. |
Ches. Light Tower |
1993 |
Charles McCaskill, III |
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Croaker |
8 lbs. 11 oz. |
New Point Light |
2007 |
Norman T. Jenkins |
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Dolphin |
71 lbs. 8 oz. |
Off Virginia Beach |
1991 |
Don Dorey |
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Drum, Black |
111 lbs. |
Off Cape Charles |
1973 |
Betty D. Hall |
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Drum, Red |
85 lbs. 4 oz. |
Wreck Island |
1981 |
Herman Moore |
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False Albacore |
25 lbs. 4 oz. |
Off Virginia Capes |
1964 |
Jack Sparrow |
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Flounder |
17 lbs. 8 oz. |
Baltimore Channel |
1971 |
Charles E. Cross |
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Kingfish (roundhead) |
2 lbs. 13 oz. |
Off Sandbridge |
2002 |
Chip Watters |
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Mackerel, King |
63 lbs. 1 oz. |
Off Sandbridge |
2007 |
Susan M. Smith |
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Mackerel, Spanish |
9 lbs. 13 oz. |
Off Virginia Beach |
1993 |
Everett Cameron |
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Marlin, Blue |
1,093 lbs. 12 oz. |
Norfolk Canyon |
1978 |
Edward A. Givens |
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Marlin, White |
131 lbs. 10 oz. |
Off Virginia Beach |
1978 |
Rudolph D. van't Riet |
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Pollock |
23 lbs. 8 oz. |
Off Chincoteague |
1998 |
Lee Michalski |
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Pompano |
5 lbs. 10 oz. |
Scarborough |
1992 |
Robert T. Long |
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Porgy |
5 lbs. 5 oz. |
Off Chincoteague |
1978 |
Charles B. Haines, Sr |
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Sailfish |
68 lbs. 8 oz. |
Off Virginia Beach |
1977 |
P.J. Murden |
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Sea Bass |
10 lbs. 4 oz. |
Off Virginia Beach |
2000 |
Allan P. Paschall |
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Shark, Big Eye Thresher |
149 lbs. |
Cigar |
1992 |
Wayne M. Gross |
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Shark, Blacktip |
76 lbs. 10 oz. |
Off Virginia Beach |
1998 |
John W. Thurston Jr. |
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Shark, Blue |
266 lbs. |
Cigar |
1987 |
Wayne C. DeFord |
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Shark, Bull |
256 lbs. |
V Buoy |
1982 |
Craig R. Paige |
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Shark, Dusky |
673 lbs. |
SE Lumps |
1982 |
Michael J. Halperin |
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Shark, Hammerhead (Great) |
430 lbs. |
SE Lumps |
1984 |
Ronald E. Ault |
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Shark, Hammerhead (scalloped) |
245 lbs. |
Cigar |
1977 |
Don Lips |
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Shark, Hammerhead (smooth) |
272 lbs. |
Off Virginia Beach |
1988 |
Carolyn L. Mathews |
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Shark, Lemon |
312 lbs. 12 oz. |
Off Sandbridge |
1976 |
Bill Walker |
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Shark, Mako |
728 lbs. |
Ches Light Tower |
1983 |
Geoffrey H. Newbill |
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Shark, Sandbar (brown) |
213 lbs. |
Triangle Wrecks |
1986 |
Bill Moffett |
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Shark, Sand Tiger |
339 lbs. |
Off Cape Charles |
1983 |
Kelly D. Capps |
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Shark, Silky |
110 lbs. |
Norfolk Canyon |
1977 |
Gary W. Seay |
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Shark, Spinner |
129 lbs. 8 oz. |
Off Chincoteague |
1991 |
John E. Patton II |
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Shark, Thresher |
525 lbs. |
Triangle Wrecks |
2004 |
Andrew P. Schuyler |
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Shark, Tiger |
1099 lbs. 12 oz. |
SE Lumps |
1981 |
John W. Thurston Jr. |
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Shark, White |
131 lbs. |
SE Lumps |
1981 |
Fred Williams |
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Sheepshead |
20 lbs. 12 oz. |
CBBT
Seagull Fishing Pier |
2005 |
Arun Nhek |
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Snowy Grouper |
70 lbs. 7 oz. |
Norfolk Canyon |
2011 |
Roger C. Burnley |
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Spade Fish |
14 lbs. 14 oz. |
The Cell (Ches. Bay) |
2009 |
Roland E. Murphy |
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Spot |
2 lbs. 6 oz. |
Off Poquoson |
1980 |
Nathan Dryden |
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Striped Bass |
73 lbs. |
4-A Buoy |
2008 |
Fred Barnes |
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Swordfish |
381 lbs. 8 oz. |
Norfolk Canyon |
1978 |
James D. Alexander |
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Tarpon |
130 lbs. |
Off Oyster |
1975 |
Barry Truit |
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Tautog |
24 lbs. |
Off Wachapreague |
1987 |
Gregory R. Bell |
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Tilefish, Blueline |
23 lbs. 5 oz. |
Norfolk Canyon |
2009 |
Michael Adkins |
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Tilefish, Golden |
56 lbs. 8 oz. |
Norfolk Canyon |
2008 |
Aaron Sledd |
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Trout, Grey |
19 lbs. |
Ches. Bay Br. Tunnel |
1983 |
Philip W. Halstead |
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Trout, Speckled |
16 lbs. |
Masons Beach |
1977 |
Bill Katko |
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Tuna, Bigeye |
285 lbs. 12 oz. |
Norfolk Canyon |
2003 |
Melvin Bray |
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Tuna, Blackfin |
33 lbs. 15 oz |
Norfolk Canyon |
2004 |
William W. Charlton III |
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Tuna, Bluefin |
573 lbs |
Off Virginia Beach |
2007 |
Frederick "Bo" Haycox |
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Tuna, Skipjack |
22 lbs. 11 oz. |
The Cigar |
1995 |
Kitty Falk |
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Tuna, True Albacore |
68 lbs. |
Norfolk Canyon |
1992 |
Irvin Fenton Jr. |
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Tuna, Yellowfin |
203 lbs. 12 oz. |
Norfolk Canyon |
1981 |
Bruce C.Gottwald |
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Wahoo |
109 lbs. |
Off Virginia Beach |
1994 |
Delmo Dawson |
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