2024 Leaders

These are the largest fish recorded so far for 2024.

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2024 Leader
Alligator Gar 02/28/24 5:20pm Size: 35" / 8lbs Bait/Lure: I forgot Method: I forgot 13 Like It	malsbest
Biggest fish I’ve ever caught in a canal Other fishes I’ve caught using it first time is catfish and others (malsbest 04/14/2024 14:40pm) Cool fish (Greg 04/14/2024 14:47pm) The location isn’t actually the location (malsbest 04/14/2024 15:17pm)

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Amberjack 02/11/24 12:27pm Bait/Lure: Live Mullet 18 Like It	Ace Kridler

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American Eel 03/27/24 2:11pm Size: 11" Bait/Lure: Nightcrawlers Method: Bridge Shop/Boat/Guide: Me 10 Like It	4% Mark Hudson Philadelphia PA
Perfect Bait ! (Makoman 03/27/2024 19:56pm) Thought the same thing but ran out of time (Mark Hudson 03/29/2024 10:02am) Mark 20th and 21st wissahicken (watt 04/08/2024 06:55am)

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Black Crappie 02/08/24 4:42pm Size: 12.5" / 1.26lbs Bait/Lure: Rattle Trap Method: Bank Fishing Tackle Shop: Hook 'em & Cook 'em (Indian River) 12 Like It	1% TMP Bridgeville DE
Beautiful crappie!! (WCP Crystal River FL 02/09/2024 07:47am) Nice (Mark Hudson 02/15/2024 14:48pm)

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Black Drum 04/17/24 4:15pm Size: 38" Bait/Lure: Crab Method: Beach 20 Like It	Ian Arthur
Released successfully (Ian Arthur 04/18/2024 17:31pm) Beautiful fish! Congrats! (Father Time 04/18/2024 22:43pm) Good job! (Greg 04/19/2024 07:15am) Nice!!!! (watt 04/19/2024 14:52pm)

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Blue Catfish 03/15/24 5:10pm Size: 18" / 2.1lbs Bait/Lure: Worm 13 Like It	20% Jenn Banos Laurel DE
Nice!Congrats cuz! (Father Time 03/16/2024 21:32pm) Thanks (Jenn Banos 03/17/2024 09:11am)

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Bluefish 04/23/24 9:31am Size: 36" / 7lbs Bait/Lure: Mullet Rig Method: Surf Fishing Shop/Boat/Guide: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 10 Like It	17% Melvin Jones Ocean View DE
Damn nice fish! (Greg 04/23/2024 11:19am) If those Blues are 36 " long. They are more than 7 lbs. May want to remeasure. (Chic 04/23/2024 13:52pm) nice fish! (john kaiser 04/23/2024 15:26pm) Nice! Congrats! (Father Time 04/23/2024 20:55pm)

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Brook Trout 04/16/24 11:05pm Size: 15" Bait/Lure: Minnow 12 Like It	3% watt Wilmington DE
Got 4 more first brook trout of the season (watt 04/16/2024 13:19pm)

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Brown Trout 04/20/24 1:13pm Size: 19" Bait/Lure: Crank Bait Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 9 Like It	3% watt Wilmington DE
Got this 1 wissahicken but no were near leader board 27"25.5 22.5 (watt 04/20/2024 14:13pm) That’s such a pretty fish! (Greg 04/20/2024 16:31pm)

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Catfish 03/15/24 1:48pm Size: 18" Bait/Lure: Nightcrawlers Method: Bridge Shop/Boat/Guide: The Satanic Jellyfish 11 Like It	4% Mark Hudson Philadelphia PA

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Chain Pickerel 01/03/24 1:36pm Size: 21" / 2.7lbs Bait/Lure: Jitterbug Method: Bank Fishing Shop/Boat/Guide: The Satanic Jellyfish 14 Like It	4% Mark Hudson Philadelphia PA
how can I catch a chain pickerel? good fish too! (john kaiser 01/03/2024 15:54pm) Believe or not I was Crappie fishing with a small lure thought I was hung up on tree (Mark Hudson 01/03/2024 15:57pm) thank you! (john kaiser 01/04/2024 09:13am) I use square bill crankbaits like strike king in sexy Shad color and or jerkbaits (Vincent 01/05/2024 05:26am) Great catch!Congrats (TMP 01/05/2024 23:13pm) I use gold or silver blue fox spinners and catch them often. (Dr. Frank Falcone, Jr. 01/09/2024 14:15pm) Use them all the time (Mark Hudson 01/09/2024 14:31pm)

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Channel Catfish 02/24/24 9:12am Size: 31" Bait/Lure: Bloodworm Method: Bank Fishing Tackle Shop: Master Baiter's 18 Like It	4% Donovan Wierzbicki New Castle DE
Nice (Mark Hudson 02/28/2024 12:34pm)

2024 Leader
Crappie 01/02/24 4:27pm Size: 11" / 1lb Bait/Lure: Rattle Trap Method: Bank Fishing Tackle Shop: Hook 'em & Cook 'em (Indian River) 9 Like It	1% TMP Bridgeville DE

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Crevalle Jack 03/15/24 5:16am Size: 22" / 7.2lbs Bait/Lure: Bucktail Method: Bank Fishing Tackle Shop: Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters (South Bethany) 17 Like It	1% Chic Ocean View DE
Caught a few Jack's early this morning. Tarpon were breaking water just would not strike lures. (Chic 03/15/2024 09:23am) Cool. Glad to see that you're having a good time fishing. Congrats! (Father Time 03/15/2024 11:49am)

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Largemouth Bass 02/23/24 12:10pm Size: 5.7lbs Bait/Lure: Spinner 19 Like It	3% Makoman Laytonsville MD
Bob Davis first of many for the season (Makoman 02/23/2024 13:10pm) Nice! (Father Time 02/23/2024 14:12pm) Nice Bass Congrats !! (Chic 02/23/2024 16:48pm) Some fish! Good job! (Dr. Frank Falcone, Jr. 02/24/2024 09:29am) The smile says it all (Mark Hudson 02/24/2024 10:58am)

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Pumpkinseed 03/27/24 1:08pm Size: 6" Bait/Lure: Nightcrawlers Method: Bridge Shop/Boat/Guide: Me 10 Like It	4% Mark Hudson Philadelphia PA

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Rainbow Trout 04/20/24 3:12pm Size: 21.5" Bait/Lure: Spinner Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 10 Like It	3% watt Wilmington DE
Still not close to podium But had a great time you can't beat it great te (watt 04/20/2024 16:12pm) Nice nice fish! (Greg 04/20/2024 16:30pm) That’s a big rainbow. Had to be fun on light tackle (Robert Waites 04/21/2024 07:38am)

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Shark 04/17/24 1:03pm Size: 36" / 5lbs Bait/Lure: Mullet Rig Method: Surf Fishing Shop/Boat/Guide: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 8 Like It	17% Melvin Jones Ocean View DE

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Smallmouth Bass 04/18/24 11:12pm Size: 11" Bait/Lure: Spinner Method: Bank Fishing Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 14 Like It	3% watt Wilmington DE
Missed one trout got this guy didn't get skunked (watt 04/18/2024 12:52pm)

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Spotted Bass 03/20/24 2:44pm Size: 17" / 3.1lbs Method: Bank Fishing 9 Like It	Mako my Day
They've been eating the 4.5" KVD drop shot real well all winter long on Eastern shore ponds (Mako my Day 03/23/2024 13:44pm)

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Spotted Seatrout 02/11/24 12:31pm 13 Like It	Ace Kridler
Where did you catch them? (Dr. Frank Falcone, Jr. 02/14/2024 08:59am) good fish! what did you catch it on? (john kaiser 02/20/2024 20:14pm)

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Steelhead 04/19/24 6:59pm Size: 27" Tackle Shop: Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters (South Bethany) 0 Like It	3% Jordan Marcus Owings Mills MD

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Striped Bass 03/31/24 3:15pm Size: 51" / 56lbs Bait/Lure: Bloodworm Method: Surf Fishing Tackle Shop: Master Baiter's 18 Like It	4% Donovan Wierzbicki New Castle DE
Epic day for my son Logan caught his PB today . (Donovan Wierzbicki 03/31/2024 19:00pm) Quick measurement , weight , photo , and released (Donovan Wierzbicki 03/31/2024 19:25pm) Hell Yeah! (Makoman 03/31/2024 22:29pm) Hell of a fish! (Greg 04/01/2024 03:43am) Now that is a BIG Striper. Nice job. Great sign for the Migratory fish. (Chic 04/01/2024 07:04am) Nice!!!!! (watt 04/03/2024 14:50pm) Nice striper! Congrats! (Father Time 04/03/2024 22:14pm) That’s a fish pic worth going on the wall. Awesome catch (Robert Waites 04/05/2024 16:10pm) yeahhhhhhh! (Kylie Wierzbicki 04/06/2024 12:42pm)

2024 Leader
Tautog 01/30/24 8:49am Size: 26" / 11lbs Bait/Lure: Crab Method: Bottom Fishing 17 Like It	2% Dansfishingagain Bethany Beach DE
Caught this big chin fella yesterday while fishing with Captain Kane and mate Kevin Twilly out of Ocean City. He was returned safely to fight another day. (Dansfishingagain 01/31/2024 16:57pm) Nice tog! Congrats! (Father Time 01/31/2024 17:12pm) You are a tautog king :) (Greg 01/31/2024 17:23pm) Awesome catch! Didn’t know any boats were still going out! (Dr. Frank Falcone, Jr. 02/01/2024 08:56am) You love catchin big Tog (Mark Hudson 02/07/2024 08:16am) Oh yeah (Dansfishingagain 02/07/2024 14:04pm)

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White Grunt 04/03/24 9:22am 11 Like It	Jackson Lilly Alexandria VA
off the shrimp per usual (Jackson Lilly 04/03/2024 10:22am)

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White Perch 03/17/24 6:11pm Size: 9" / 0.47lbs Bait/Lure: Crank Bait Method: Bank Fishing Tackle Shop: Hook 'em & Cook 'em (Indian River) 5 Like It	1% TMP Bridgeville DE
Nice (Mark Hudson 03/23/2024 09:32am)

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Yellow Perch 03/27/24 12:50pm Size: 10" Bait/Lure: Nightcrawlers Method: Bridge Shop/Boat/Guide: Me 10 Like It	4% Mark Hudson Philadelphia PA
Mark Are you going to Wisconsin this weekend? (watt 04/17/2024 06:31am)