{"id":36039,"date":"2022-04-28T12:55:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T16:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=36039"},"modified":"2022-04-28T12:46:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T16:46:35","slug":"angler-catches-record-white-perch-in-isle-of-wight-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2022\/04\/28\/angler-catches-record-white-perch-in-isle-of-wight-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Angler Catches Record White Perch in Isle of Wight Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Worcester County Resident Sets Record for Atlantic Division<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy Robert J. Hudson<\/p><\/div>\n

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed a new state record for white perch in the state\u2019s Atlantic division. Robert \u201cBob\u201d Hudson, of Ocean Pines, unexpectedly landed the 1.85-pound white perch in the Isle of Wight Bay near Ocean City.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hudson and a friend intended to go clamming, but saw some active fish in the bay. With no rod on board, the duo headed back to shore to find gear. With a beginner light spinning rod and a \u201cRoy Rig\u201d \u2013 locally popular lure that is basically a rubber shad body rigged on a lead head \u2013 Hudson returned to the water and after two casts, caught the record white perch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLook at the size of that,\u201d Hudson said after reeling in the white perch. \u201cWe never see (white perch) in the middle of the bay.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hudson\u2019s record catch was weighed on a certified scale at Crabs to Go by Sarah Stephan and officially confirmed as a white perch \u2013 <\/span>Morone americana<\/span><\/a> \u2013 by a DNR biologist.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The catch surpassed the previous Maryland state record held by Ryan Timmons with a <\/span>1.7-pound white perch caught in 2016<\/span><\/a>.<\/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 not eligible for record consideration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Worcester County Resident Sets Record for Atlantic Division The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed a new state record for white perch in the state\u2019s Atlantic division. Robert \u201cBob\u201d Hudson, of Ocean Pines, unexpectedly landed the 1.85-pound white perch in the Isle of Wight Bay near Ocean City.\u00a0<\/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":[4933,4314,3069,3068],"class_list":["post-36039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries","tag-atlantic-coastal-bays","tag-sportfishing","tag-state-fishing-record","tag-white-perch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36039","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=36039"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36044,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36039\/revisions\/36044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}