{"id":9394,"date":"2015-11-23T12:30:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T17:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=9394"},"modified":"2015-11-24T09:36:07","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T14:36:07","slug":"berlin-angler-sets-maryland-coastal-white-perch-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/11\/23\/berlin-angler-sets-maryland-coastal-white-perch-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin Angler Sets Maryland Coastal White Perch Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/white-perch-record.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9413 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/white-perch-record-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"white perch record\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/white-perch-record-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/white-perch-record-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/white-perch-record.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>On November 17, Finn McCabe from Berlin pulled in a record-setting 1.2-pound, 13-inch white perch from Ayers Creek as the sun began to set over the Route 376 Bridge west of Sinepuxent Bay and Assateague Island.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/ayers-creek-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9396\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/ayers-creek-2-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"ayers creek (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/ayers-creek-2-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/ayers-creek-2-1024x841.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/ayers-creek-2.jpg 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>McCabe \u00a0was originally hoping for a striped bass or speckled trout when he caught the perch using a green twister tail lure on a quarter-ounce jig head.<\/p>\n<p>He put the perch, one of the state\u2019s most popular fish, on ice, and the following day took it to Sunset Marina in Ocean City for an official weigh-in. From there, he visited a nearby Maryland Department of Natural Resources field office, where fisheries biologist Steve Doctor certified the species.<\/p>\n<p>Following the formal application and certification process, the department was able to announce the catch as a new state record in the Maryland Atlantic division.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what he intended to do with the fish, McCabe said, \u201cI\u2019m thinking some butter, and grilling it on the George Foreman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Natural Resources <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/Fisheries\/Pages\/state-records.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">maintains records<\/a> for sport fish in three divisions\u2014Atlantic, Chesapeake and nontidal\u2014and sends plaques to record holders. Anglers who catch a potential record fish should call 443-569-1381 or 410-260-8325, and immerse the fish in ice until it can be weighed at a seafood retailer, grocery store, or tackle shop with a certified scale. All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.igfa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Game Fish Association<\/a> rules for records and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/maryland\/fishing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland fishing regulations<\/a> apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 17, Finn McCabe from Berlin pulled in a record-setting 1.2-pound, 13-inch white perch from Ayers Creek as the sun began to set over the Route 376 Bridge west of Sinepuxent Bay and Assateague Island.<\/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-9394","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\/9394","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=9394"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9416,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9394\/revisions\/9416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}