{"id":38714,"date":"2023-06-02T09:57:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T13:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=38714"},"modified":"2023-06-02T10:09:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T14:09:05","slug":"youth-angler-from-cumberland-catches-maryland-state-record-fallfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/06\/02\/youth-angler-from-cumberland-catches-maryland-state-record-fallfish\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Angler from Cumberland Catches Maryland State Record Fallfish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Record 2.27-pound Fish Reeled in from Upper Potomac River<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Crosby Abe caught this record fallfish in the upper Potomac River. Photo courtesy Crosby Abe.<\/p><\/div>\n

An Allegany County youth has been recognized by the <\/span>Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a> as a new state record holder for <\/span>fallfish<\/span><\/a> \u2013 <\/span>Semotilus corporalis<\/em> — in the state\u2019s nontidal division.<\/span><\/p>\n

Crosby Abe, 14, caught the 2.27-pound fish May 29 while fishing on the North Branch of the Potomac River, near the Cumberland Industrial Park boat launch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The young angler was fishing from shore using a light spinning rod, 6-pound test line, and a metal spinner. The lure was a small, silver-bodied metal spinner with a gold, spotted blade. Abe said he fishes that area often for smallmouth bass and trout.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first hooked the fish, I thought it was a nice smallmouth (bass), until I saw it jump once, and then I knew it was a fallfish,\u201d Abe said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The impressive fish was 19.5 inches long and its weight was determined on a certified scale at Martin’s Market, Cumberland. The species was confirmed by Department of Natural Resources biologist Matt Sell.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The fallfish is actually a chub in the family Cyprinidae, and is the largest minnow species native to eastern North America and the mid-Atlantic region. Fallfish have become popular for sportfishing in Maryland and other mid-Atlantic states since they grow to more than 19 inches long, fight hard, and often make acrobatic jumps after being hooked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Abe\u2019s catch broke the record of 2.14 pounds, held since April 2021 by Maxwell Diegel of Harford County – also a youth angler, who was 13 at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Department of Natural Resources maintains <\/span>state records for sport fish<\/span><\/a> in four divisions \u2013 Atlantic, Chesapeake, Nontidal, and Invasive. Anglers who think they have a potential record catch should download and complete a <\/span>state record application<\/span><\/a> and call 443-569-1398 to report a potential state record catch. 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":"

Record 2.27-pound Fish Reeled in from Upper Potomac River An Allegany County youth has been recognized by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources as a new state record holder for fallfish \u2013 Semotilus corporalis — in the state\u2019s nontidal division. Crosby Abe, 14, caught the 2.27-pound fish May 29 while fishing on the North Branch  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":[2948,3158,5223,2926,3069],"class_list":["post-38714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries","tag-allegany-county","tag-cumberland","tag-fallfish","tag-potomac-river","tag-state-fishing-record"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38714","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=38714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38721,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38714\/revisions\/38721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}