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Spanish Mackerel State Records: Atlantic Ocean Division
Picture Angler Weight Date Location & Notes
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Spanish Mackerel State Records: Chesapeake Bay Division
Kevin Bautista 12.4 lbs. 10/06/07 Middle Grounds
George Hemelt 10.99 lbs. 10/02/2002 Seventy year old Bel Air, MD resident, George Hemelt, broke the Spanish mackerel State record October 2, 2002 while fishing aboard Loosen Up, a Deale Charter Boat, with Captain Frank Carver and First Mate Joe Hawk. The Spanish mackerel weighed 10.99 pounds, measured 32.5 inches in length, and had a girth of 16 inches. Loosen Up was trolling the Chesapeake Bay at Buoy 83 at 12:15 p.m. when the mackerel hit a spoon attached to 80 pound test line. The fish was officially weighed at the Deale Food Rite and verified by DNR biologist, Angel Bolinger.
Joseph E. Haller 9 lbs., 6.25 oz. 10/10/1999 Kenwood Beach

 

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