From the deep reefs off Long Key, Florida, comes a pending all-tackle record for a 28-pound queen snapper [A]. Capt. Chris B. Walter of Long Key made the catch last September, dropping squid for bait. If approved, it would replace the current 27-pound, 4-ounce snapper caught off Islamorada, Florida, in 2008.
A tough 36-pound, 6-ounce longfin jack crevalle [B] has been approved as the all-tackle record for angler Marco Cuoto of Luanda, Angola, who fought the fish for 20 minutes after hooking it on a soft-plastic shad bait last June while fishing Angola’s Barra do Kwanza.
While fishing Chesapeake Bay last September, Vic Gaspeny of Tavernier, Florida, muscled in a 49.2-inch (125-centimeter) red drum [C]. He’d been bottomfishing with cut bait. If approved, the length-record catch retires the 46-inch red…
