State Records: Delaware

Delaware

Here are all the known fishing records for the State of Delaware
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Species Weight Length Location Angler Date
Albacore 80 lbs 
0 oz		   N/A David Francella 9/15/1987
American Shad 6 lbs 
12 oz		   Brandywine Creek  Bayard Conaway 5/2/1972
Atlantic Croaker 5 lbs 
3.5 oz		   Indian River Catherine Simpson 9/12/1980
Atlantic Mackerel 3 lbs 
5 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - Delaware Bay Ricky Yakimowicz 4/20/1985
Black Drum 115 lb
0 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - Delaware Bay Kenneth H. Smith 5/20/1978
Blue Marlin 820 lb
0 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - Poormans Canyan Bruce King 7/8/1986
Bluefish 21 lbs 
15 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - Rehoboth Beach Bill Thoroughgood 10/27/1980
Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 
10 oz		 13" Diamond Pond  Arnold Harmon 6/10/1998
Carp 45 lbs 
0 oz		   Delaware River  Ronald Burnett 6/6/1976
Catfish 23 lbs 
6 oz		   C&D Canal  William Ridgley 8/3/1992
Channel Bass 75 lbs 
0 oz		   Atlantic Ocean  James Vandetti 6/15/1976
Cod 44 lbs 
10 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - Five Fathoms Bank John Osborne 1/25/1975
Crappie 4 lbs 
9 oz		   Noxontown Pond  Marvin Billips 5/30/1976
Dolphin 49 lbs 
0 oz		   Atlantic Ocean  Kelly Price 8/28/1987
False Albacore 17 lbs 
9 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - 30 Fathom Line Scott A. Werner 8/31/1980
Flounder 17 lbs 
15 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - Indian River Inlet William Kendall 10/7/1994
Hybrid Bass 13 lbs 
13.5 oz		   Lums Pond  Earl Blevins 3/12/1990
King Mackerel 48 lbs 
9 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - B Bouy Gordon Harris 9/19/1992
Kingfish 4 lbs 
0 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - Bethany Beach Billy Hastings 10/13/1973
Largemouth Bass 10 lbs 
5 oz		   Andrews Lake  Tony Kaczmarczyk 12/6/1980
Mako Shark 975 lb
0 oz		 132" Poormans Canyan Thomas Barnes 7/22/2000
Pickerel 7 lbs 
3 oz		   Horsey Pond  Earl Messick 4/22/1972
Porgy 5 lbs 
5 oz		   Atlantic Ocean  Herman Schmidt 5/31/1979
Redear Sunfish 3 lbs 
1 oz		 15" Diamond Pond  Marty Messick 6/14/1998
Sea Trout 19 lbs 
2 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - Delaware Bay William E. Thomas 5/20/1989
Seabass 7 lbs 
6 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - Fenwick Shoal Steve Samluk 9/9/1988
Shark 825 lb
0 oz		   Atlantic Ocean  Brent Thomas 7/11/1981
Sheepshead 13 lbs 
11 oz		 27.5" Atlantic Ocean - Haystack Frank Piectrazak 9/27/2000
Smallmouth Bass 4 lbs 
15 oz		   Brandywine River  Jerry Proffitt 5/29/1989
Striped Bass 51 lbs 
8 oz		   Indian River Inlet Betty Roseu 12/1/1978
Swordfish 276 lb
12 oz		   Delaware Bay Albert E. Scott 8/20/1978
Tautog 19 lbs 
13 oz		 32" Atlantic Ocean - Ocean Wreck Ivan J. Brown 4/26/1999
Tiger Muskellunge 15 lbs 
2 oz		 39" Brandywine River  Richard Harris 5/11/1991
Trout 11 lbs 
10 oz		 28" White Clay Creek  Edwin Wallace 2/16/1997
Tuna 322 lb
0 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - Baltimore Canyan Mike Horner 7/11/1992
Wahoo 94 lbs 
0 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - Poormans Canyan Julian D. Brake 9/24/1986
Walleye 6 lbs 
14 oz		 27.5" Brandywine River  Nesbit Copenhaver 7/23/1995
White Marlin 120 lb
0 oz		   Atlantic Ocean - Baltimore Canyan William Garner Jr. 9/25/1972
White Perch 2 lbs 
9 oz		 15" Indian River  Wayne Hastings 2/28/1997
Yellow Perch 2 lbs 
11 oz		   Red Clay Creek  Mervin Kessinger 5/2/1976