It seems if you want to catch a world-record tautog, you need to be on Fish Bound IV with Capt. Kane Bounds, out of Ocean City, Maryland. In 2015, Kenneth Westerfeld caught the world-record blackfish, a 28-pound, 13-ounce specimen, aboard the vessel. In January, another ’tog that’s likely bound for the International Game Fish Association record book came over the gunwale of the same boat. This time, the angler was Jennifer Zuppe, and her ’tog weighed 23 pounds, 4 ounces.
“I’m just super psyched,” the West Haven, Connecticut, resident told Salt Water Sportsman. Jennifer Zuppe was fishing in 110 feet of water when she caught the jumbo ’tog. She used a Jigging World Night Ranger conventional rod with an Accurate Valiant 400 reel, 30-pound braid, a 40-pound leader, and a…