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The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife has certified the catch of a gray tilefish on Sept. 16 as the new state-record tilefish. The fish weighed 23 pounds 8 ounces, and was caught Sept. 1 by George Hanakis of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, while he was fishing aboard the Jamaica, which was captained by Howard Bogan, Jr. Hanakis’ fish eclipsed the prior state record by 4 ounces, according to NJDEP. The fish measured 34-inches in length, with a 25-inch girth.
He was using 100-pound test braided line and caught it in Wilmington Canyon, which is located far off the New Jersey coast. New Jersey recognizes only two species of tilefish, a deep-water marine species, for the records: the gray and the golden. The gray tilefish is recognized as the blueline tilefish by the International Game Fish Association, and by other states such as Maryland. Both monikers for tilefish are for the same species, identified by scientists as Caulolatilus microps.
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