{"id":9265,"date":"2015-10-22T10:34:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T14:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=9265"},"modified":"2017-04-14T16:01:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:01:10","slug":"upper-marlboro-sportsman-sets-new-maryland-snakehead-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/10\/22\/upper-marlboro-sportsman-sets-new-maryland-snakehead-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper Marlboro Sportsman Sets New Maryland Snakehead Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Michael<\/a>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that Michael Meade of Upper Marlboro, Maryland \u00a0set a new \u00a0state sport fish record with a 17.49-pound northern snakehead while fishing with bow and arrow along the marshes of Mattawoman Creek.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was about 10:30 at night when I brought it onboard, and it was the biggest snakehead I\u00a0had ever seen,\u201d Meade said. \u201cWhen I got home, I stepped on a bathroom scale with the fish, and it was over 17 pounds. So, I put it in a bucket of ice water and went looking for a certified scale.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next day in Marbury, Gray Brothers Market Store Manager Stacy Long confirmed the weight on a Maryland Department of Agriculture-certified digital scale. Natural Resources Fisheries Biologist Mary Groves subsequently confirmed the species, making the record official.<\/p>\n

World and state fishing records are normally awarded only for fish caught by rod and reel. Maryland makes an exception for three invasive fish species: northern snakehead, blue catfish and flathead catfish. These species may be caught by any legal recreational harvest method and considered for state record recognition, but only if the fish is dispatched and kept.<\/p>\n

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources also includes an Invasive Species Award category in its annual\u00a0Maryland Fishing Challenge<\/a>, a year-long promotion of the state\u2019s excellent fishing opportunities. Anglers who register exceptional catches of\u00a0Angler Award-eligible size<\/a>\u00a0 receive award certificates.<\/p>\n

To report a potential record catch, call 443-569-1381 or 410-260-8325. Anglers should keep their fish immersed in ice water to preserve its weight until it can be weighed at a seafood retailer, a grocery store, or tackle shop with a certified scale. Fish caught from privately-owned, fee-fishing waters are not eligible for record consideration. The\u00a0Maryland State Record<\/a>\u00a0application and a list of\u00a0records<\/a>\u00a0are on the\u00a0DNR Fisheries website.<\/a><\/p>\n

As for the new state record snakehead, Meade says, \u201cI will bake the fillets with pepper and butter, enough for two or three meals, I expect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that Michael Meade of Upper Marlboro, Maryland \u00a0set a new \u00a0state sport fish record with a 17.49-pound northern snakehead while fishing with bow and arrow along the marshes of Mattawoman Creek. \u201cIt was about 10:30 at night when I brought it onboard, and it was the biggest  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"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":[],"class_list":["post-9265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9265","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9265"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9270,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9265\/revisions\/9270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}