Salt water fish are huge. I mean look at Moby Dick for instance. I guess it is because they have so much room to grow in perhaps. Or maybe everything tastes better with a little salt. mRegardless the stories are there. Here is a list of the ones that didn't get away to achieve New Hampshire State records.
New Hampshire Official Verified Record Saltwater Fish Size
|
SPECIES |
LENGTH |
WEIGHT |
PLACE |
TOWN |
DATE |
ANGLER |
|
Atlantic Cod |
63.00" |
98 lbs. 12 oz. |
Isle of Shoals |
Hampton |
6/8/1969 |
Alphonse Bielevich |
|
Black Sea Bass |
18.25" |
2 lb.,14.88 oz. |
Little Bay |
Newington |
8/15/2016 |
Lucas Watson |
|
Bluefin Tuna |
119.00" |
962 lbs. |
Gulf of Maine |
Newcastle |
8/10/2013 |
Richard Green. |
|
Bluefish |
39.00"* |
21 lbs. |
Great Bay |
Durham |
8/23/1975 |
Henry S. Krook |
|
Chinook Salmon |
37.00" |
19 lbs. 4 oz. |
Exeter River |
Exeter |
11/9/1985 |
Brian O’Connell |
|
Coho Salmon |
33.50" |
16 lbs. 3 oz. |
Piscataqua River |
Portsmouth |
9/3/1984 |
Perry R. Soroko |
|
Cusk |
39.50" |
31 lbs. |
Gulf of Maine |
Hampton |
6/10/1996 |
Richard F. Hincman |
|
Grey Triggerfish |
15.50" |
2 lbs. 1.12 oz. |
Piscataqua River |
Portsmouth |
8/31/2012 |
Timothy D. Moore, Jr. |
|
Haddock |
31.50" |
10 lbs. 10.75 oz. |
Gulf of Maine |
Rye |
5/26/1988 |
George R. Koster |
|
Mackerel |
17.50" |
3 lbs. |
Gulf of Maine |
Hampton |
5/12/1988 |
Donald F.X. Angerman |
|
Pollock |
50.00" |
47 lbs. |
Atlantic Ocean |
Portsmouth |
7/1/1981 |
Noborv Murakami, MD |
|
Striped Bass |
51.00" |
60 lbs. |
Great Bay |
Dover |
6/26/1980 |
Robert A. Lindholm |
|
Tautog |
21.25" |
9 lbs. 0.06 oz. |
Hampton Harbor |
Seabrook |
5/13/2012 |
Marc Schloss |
|
Winter Flounder |
18.00" |
3 lbs. 3.68 oz. |
Hampton River |
Hampton |
8/2/2014 |
Mike Radziszewski |
(updated April 27, 2017)
by PAUL DOSCHER
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