{"id":33971,"date":"2021-07-29T08:40:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=33971"},"modified":"2021-07-29T10:44:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T14:44:45","slug":"maryland-record-set-with-301-pound-swordfish-off-ocean-city-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2021\/07\/29\/maryland-record-set-with-301-pound-swordfish-off-ocean-city-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Record Set with 301-Pound Swordfish off Ocean City Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Annapolis Resident and Team Mount 8-Hour Fight to Land Record Fish<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Peter Schultz, second from left, and his team stand with the new state record swordfish. Photo courtesy Big Fish Classic, used with permission.<\/p><\/div>\n

An Anne Arundel County angler is now the first officially recognized state record holder for swordfish, which he caught in a tournament July 23 at Ocean City.<\/span><\/p>\n

Annapolis resident Peter Schultz, 36, is the first record holder for the Atlantic division – Swordfish <\/span>(Xiphias gladius)<\/span><\/i>. Schultz caught the 301-pound swordfish while participating in the Big Fish Classic Tournament, landing the record-breaking catch roughly 50 miles offshore at Washington Canyon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Using a dead eel on a circle hook; Talica 50 reel with 65-pound braid line; and a 25-foot, 150-pound leader, Schultz and his team reeled in the fish following an epic, eight-hour effort.<\/span><\/p>\n

Schultz describes the swordfish as a \u201cfish of a lifetime\u201d and credits his team for the record catch.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe put so much effort into this,\u201d Schultz said \u201cEveryone had a crucial role.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The swordfish weight was officially certified by Dave Hedges of M.R. Ducks – Talbot Street Pier. A Maryland Department of Natural Resources biologist confirmed the catch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The department maintains <\/span>state records for sport fish<\/span><\/a> in four divisions \u2013 Atlantic, Chesapeake, Nontidal, and Invasive \u2013 and awards plaques to anglers who achieve record catches. Fish caught from privately-owned, fee-fishing waters are ineligible for consideration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anglers who think they have a potential record catch should download and fill out the <\/span>state record application<\/span><\/a> and call 443-569-1381 or 410-260-8325. The department recommends the fish be immersed in ice water to preserve its weight until it can be checked, confirmed, and certified.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Annapolis Resident and Team Mount 8-Hour Fight to Land Record Fish An Anne Arundel County angler is now the first officially recognized state record holder for swordfish, which he caught in a tournament July 23 at Ocean City. Annapolis resident Peter Schultz, 36, is the first record holder for the Atlantic division – Swordfish (Xiphias  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,11],"tags":[2971,2958,4314,3069,5235],"class_list":["post-33971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries","tag-anne-arundel-county","tag-ocean-city","tag-sportfishing","tag-state-fishing-record","tag-swordfish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33971"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33995,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33971\/revisions\/33995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}