2017 Winners

Congratulations to all the Winners!

These are the largest fish recorded for 2017.

Thank you and congratulations to all our 2017 Winners!

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2017 Leader
Barracuda 06/17/17 11:06pm Size: 40" / 10lbs Bait/Lure: Ballyhoo Method: Trolling 22 Like It	Dave Key West FL

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Black Drum 05/29/17 11:00pm Size: 53" / 63lbs Bait/Lure: Clam Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 7 Like It	1% Old Inlet Rehoboth Beach DE
Caught by Sean of Milford on Coral Beds (Old Inlet 04/12/2018 07:49am)

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Black Triggerfish 07/21/17 3:44pm Size: 15.5" Bait/Lure: Squid 4 Like It	Susan Krepshaw Wilmington DE
Caught on squid at the outer wall. Go Girl! (Susan Krepshaw 08/05/2017 17:23pm)

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Blacktip Shark 08/26/17 10:48am Size: 49" Bait/Lure: Mullet Method: Surf Fishing 16 Like It	Bruce Stearn Monroe Twp NJ
DE-South Bethany drive on (Bruce Stearn 11/17/2017 20:04pm)

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Blue Claw Crab 09/01/17 12:58pm Size: 9" / 1lb Bait/Lure: Mullet Method: Shore Fishing 20 Like It	2% Jeff New Castle DE
Do crabs count? (Jeff 09/11/2017 12:58pm) Hell yea!!!! Nice (Greg 09/11/2017 13:11pm)

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Bluefin Tuna 02/19/17 12:21pm Size: 90" / 370lbs Method: Trolling 8 Like It	John Coleman
Nc caught on greenstick (John Coleman 02/22/2017 19:20pm)

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Bluefish 05/02/17 6:49pm Size: 40" / 11lbs Bait/Lure: Plug Method: Shore Fishing 8 Like It	9% Clayton Anders

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Bull Shark 07/07/17 1:35pm Size: 36" / 20lbs Bait/Lure: Cut Bait Method: Surf Fishing 8 Like It	Martin Allentown PA
Caught 4 real nice sharks today. We had a blast reeling them in. (Martin 07/07/2017 20:40pm)

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Carp 02/18/17 1:27pm Size: 48" / 30lbs Bait/Lure: Arrow Method: Bow Fishing 6 Like It	9% Clayton Anders

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Chain Pickerel 10/07/17 12:11pm Size: 20" / 2lbs Bait/Lure: Artificial Worm Method: Boat Fishing 16 Like It	3% Jordan Marcus Owings Mills MD
My thumb has seen better days (Jordan Marcus 10/07/2017 13:38pm) Try a bluefish next (Jake Allnutt 10/14/2017 15:52pm) No thx stubby (Jordan Marcus 10/14/2017 17:04pm)

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Channel Catfish 05/30/17 7:01pm Size: 18" / 2lbs Bait/Lure: Plug Method: Shore Fishing 5 Like It	2% Don Bethany Beach DE
Catfish on a crankbait (Don 05/30/2017 22:01pm)

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Cobia 12/08/17 6:51am Size: 50" / 25lbs Bait/Lure: Bucktail Method: Boat Fishing 24 Like It	10% Vincent Fick Finksburg MD
My first and only cobia (Vincent Fick 12/08/2017 07:51am) My first ever cobia with my grandmother and charter boat captain Mark Sampson on the Fish Finder (Vincent Fick 12/08/2017 07:54am) Great catch (Bessie O'Brien 02/03/2018 11:16am)

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Conger Eel 08/23/17 11:22am Size: 36" Bait/Lure: Squid Method: Boat Fishing 6 Like It	5% Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters South Bethany DE
Don't see these every day (Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters 08/25/2017 07:22am)

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Cownose Ray 06/03/17 8:22am Size: 28" / 6lbs Bait/Lure: Cut Bait Method: Bank Fishing 16 Like It	Bessie O'Brien Berlin MD
Nice Ray!!! (oceancitybum 02/03/2018 09:53am) Not bad for an amateur...haha (Ben Semiatin 02/03/2018 10:04am) Looks like stinky beach. (Mike Lord 02/03/2018 15:14pm) You got it Mike lol (Bessie O'Brien 02/03/2018 15:17pm) Sweet cow nose (Vincent Fick 02/06/2018 05:17am)

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Cusk 12/03/17 4:44pm Size: 38" / 20.3lbs Bait/Lure: Squid Method: Boat Fishing Tackle Shop: Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters (South Bethany) 35 Like It	5% Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters South Bethany DE
Caught in 1400 ft of water while swordfishing. (Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters 12/03/2017 17:46pm) No golden dingaling (Chris Adams 12/05/2017 16:04pm)

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Dusky Shark 08/09/17 7:50pm Size: 60" / 80lbs Bait/Lure: Bunker Method: Done Drop 9 Like It	2% Don Bethany Beach DE
Rigged up the DJII to drop some bait without having to kayak out. Fun stuff, watching a bunker head fly 300 yds out 30ft in the air (Don 08/11/2017 16:07pm) Like to see that (Jeff 08/11/2017 17:57pm)

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Flathead Catfish 09/23/17 9:33pm Size: 25lbs Bait/Lure: Chicken Method: Pond 8 Like It	6% Colin North Wales PA
Weight is a pure estimate... sorry if it is off! (Colin 09/23/2017 22:33pm) Looks about rite to me. Nice catch (Jeff 09/24/2017 08:21am) Your catfish makes me miss freshwater fishing - gonna have to take a trip to my old Virginia lakes to get some of those. Nice fish! (Greg 09/24/2017 13:29pm)

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Flounder 11/25/17 10:30am Size: 29" / 10.14lbs Bait/Lure: Squid Method: Boat Fishing 40 Like It	Ben Semiatin Ocean City MD
This was caught aboard the Angler Charter Boat on 25-Nov-2017. We were about 25 miles off shore near the twin wrecks. It's a once in a lifetime catch! (Ben Semiatin 12/15/2017 10:14am) Wow what a nice fish! (Greg 12/16/2017 05:52am) Nice flounder man (Vincent Fick 01/21/2018 11:24am) Thanks Vincent and Greg! It's a once in a lifetime catch...but I will be trying to top it or at least get close. (Ben Semiatin 01/21/2018 14:03pm) Big ass flounder. Nice catch (Bessie O'Brien 02/03/2018 09:47am) Is that even a flounder (thatguy 04/26/2021 21:29pm) thatguy...yes it is and it was a once in a lifetime catch. I caught it on board the Angler Deep Sea Fishing boat. (Ben Semiatin 04/26/2021 21:46pm)

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Golden Tile 08/25/17 2:14pm Size: 47" / 46.5lbs Bait/Lure: Other Method: Jigs 11 Like It	Tom Schanno Halethorpe MD
Tom Schanno fished with Frank Perna on the Indian Giver and caught the pending Delaware state record golden tilefish. UPDATE!!!!: DNREC confirms this fish establishes a new state record for golden tilefish https://www.facebook.com/DNREC/posts/1693995653968279 (Tom Schanno 08/25/2017 15:40pm) Awesome fish - congratulations! (Greg 09/30/2017 06:59am)

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Grey Trigger 09/13/17 5:38pm Size: 14" / 3lbs Bait/Lure: Sand Fleas Method: Jetty 7 Like It	7% Bear Bishopville MD
Howard with this fat trigger off sand flea (Bear 09/13/2017 18:46pm) Nice (Lisa 09/13/2017 19:03pm)

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Kingclip 05/27/17 9:10am Size: 22" / 4lbs Method: Boat Fishing 6 Like It	John Evans Selbyville DE
Cut strip of spot (John Evans 05/29/2017 08:34am)

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Kingfish 07/28/17 10:07am Size: 14" Bait/Lure: Fishbites Method: Surf Fishing 7 Like It	13% Jerry New Castle DE

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Ladyfish 06/20/17 6:04am Size: 13" / 1lb Bait/Lure: Cut Bait Method: Boat Fishing 13 Like It	2% Jeff New Castle DE
Baby Lady (Jeff 06/20/2017 07:04am)

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Largemouth Bass 07/12/17 7:28pm Size: 6.5lbs Method: Pond 8 Like It	Matthew Lowers Purcellville VA
Fish On! Nice catch, esp since it was in your back yard. (Jim 07/18/2017 11:37am)

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Lemon shark 11/09/17 9:44am Size: 72" / 40lbs Bait/Lure: Ballyhoo Method: Trolling 22 Like It	Dave Key West FL

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Mahi-mahi 11/02/17 1:51pm Size: 38" / 20lbs Bait/Lure: Ballyhoo Method: Trolling 28 Like It	7% Mike Lord Frankford DE
Angler Tracee Cooper Wet Dream Sportsfishing Fisherman's Marina (Mike Lord 11/02/2017 14:51pm) Nice (Todd Watson 11/06/2017 14:44pm)

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Mako Shark 06/27/17 6:58am Size: 396lbs Bait/Lure: Mackerel Method: Boat Fishing 6 Like It	5% Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters South Bethany DE
4 yellowfin Tuna between 45 and 50 lb. (Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters 06/27/2017 09:12am)

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Muskie 06/27/17 8:34am Size: 41" Bait/Lure: 3/8oz Chartreuse/white Spinner Bait W/double Willow Painted Blades Method: Boat Fishing 31 Like It	Bruce Stearn Monroe Twp NJ
Wow that is one hell of a fish! Congratulations!!! (Greg 11/17/2017 22:16pm) Nice, I'll bet that was fun. (Dansfishingagain 11/18/2017 12:53pm)

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Needlefish 07/15/17 7:47am Size: 37" Bait/Lure: Gotcha Plug 6 Like It	18% John Romack Fenwick island DE
That's a cool fish! (Greg 07/15/2017 10:37am) John, If you go to your gallery in this app you can edit the fish data you post. You might want to add the length of this fish as I think it would be the 2017 leader for sure. (Greg 07/17/2017 07:58am)

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Northern Pike 08/25/17 1:14pm Size: 28" / 5lbs Bait/Lure: Jig Head W/ A Crawfish Trailer Method: Jigs 6 Like It	Kevin Crowell Highland MD
Thats a really cool fish - congrats! (Greg 09/02/2017 04:39am)

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Rainbow Trout 05/26/17 9:40am Size: 33" / 3.5lbs Bait/Lure: Fly Method: Boat Fishing 16 Like It	7% Mike Lord Frankford DE
Land of the Giants. Montana (Mike Lord 01/21/2018 10:40am)

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Red Drum 05/16/17 9:22am Size: 58" / 83lbs Bait/Lure: Mullet Method: Boat Fishing 16 Like It	2% Jeff New Castle DE
First bull red 9yrs old (Jeff 05/16/2017 10:22am)

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Sailfish 12/13/17 9:18am Size: 60" / 75lbs Bait/Lure: Ballyhoo Method: Trolling 25 Like It	Dave Key West FL

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Sand Tiger Shark 06/29/17 1:14pm Size: 96" Bait/Lure: Tautog 5 Like It	18% John Romack Fenwick island DE

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Sandbar Shark 06/20/17 7:48pm Size: 65" / 100lbs Bait/Lure: Kingfish Method: Shore Fishing 7 Like It	2% Don Bethany Beach DE
2nd biter of the night. Hooked into some type of shark about 8ft in length broke off after it jumped 3 times. Released to fight another day. (Don 06/21/2017 09:47am)

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Seabass 10/Dolphin/Triggerfish 08/04/17 7:16pm Size: 15" / 3lbs Bait/Lure: Cut Bait Method: Drifting 5 Like It	Hunter Culver Milford DE
Some fish were not pictured due to size of picture (Hunter Culver 08/05/2017 05:22am)

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Shark 07/08/17 5:52pm Size: 36" / 25lbs Bait/Lure: Cut Bait Method: Surf Fishing 5 Like It	Martin Allentown PA
Great evening on beach. (Martin 07/08/2017 22:02pm)

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Sheepshead 09/13/17 12:23am Size: 26" / 14.8lbs Bait/Lure: Hot Dog Method: Boat Fishing 8 Like It	9% Jake Allnutt Silver Spring MD
Ball park? (Jeff 09/13/2017 17:10pm) Nathan's (Jake Allnutt 09/13/2017 17:15pm)

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Skate 10/08/17 9:42am Size: 24" / 3lbs Bait/Lure: Minnow Method: Pier 14 Like It	Finn
Nice! (Greg 10/08/2017 19:39pm) Good Job !!!! (Brenda 10/11/2017 00:06am)

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Smallmouth Bass 04/02/17 12:01pm Size: 21" / 4.6lbs 3 Like It	3% Makoman Laytonsville MD

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Southern Ray 06/25/17 12:42am Size: 65lbs Bait/Lure: Arrow Method: Bow Fishing 4 Like It	9% Clayton Anders
My bestfriend and his wife got on some a while back this was our biggest that night (Clayton Anders 07/15/2017 19:34pm) Very cool :) (Greg 07/15/2017 19:39pm) Love the boat! (Greg 07/15/2017 19:39pm)

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Spadefish 08/31/17 10:43pm Size: 4.3lbs Bait/Lure: Arrow Method: Bow Fishing 6 Like It	9% Jake Allnutt Silver Spring MD

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Speckled Trout 09/04/17 1:32am Size: 21" / 1lb Bait/Lure: Paul Brown Lures Method: Top Water Fishing 6 Like It	Ernest Lara Jr. Lytle TX
lots of fun!!!! (Ernest Lara Jr. 09/15/2017 02:32am) Thanks for the comment! Hope that helps! (Greg 09/15/2017 12:02pm)

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Spiny Dogfish 08/17/17 4:38pm Size: 13" / 2.6lbs Bait/Lure: Squid Method: Surf Fishing 4 Like It	Timmy Sandy Spring MD

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Spoonbill 02/18/17 1:29pm Size: 30" / 10lbs Bait/Lure: Arrow Method: Bow Fishing 6 Like It	9% Clayton Anders
Shot in the face :) (Clayton Anders 02/18/2017 14:29pm)

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Striped Bass 03/26/17 3:19pm Size: 53" / 50lbs Bait/Lure: Eel 6 Like It	3% Makoman Laytonsville MD

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Sunfish 08/02/17 5:23pm Size: 6" Bait/Lure: Spinner With Minnow 5 Like It	3% Makoman Laytonsville MD
Christopher Plummer's first fish... future angler for life (Makoman 08/02/2017 22:17pm)

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Tarpon 10/17/17 1:45pm Size: 42" / 23lbs Bait/Lure: Shinners Method: Drifting 23 Like It	7% Mike Lord Frankford DE

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Tautog 01/15/17 11:00pm Size: 30" / 15lbs Tackle Shop: Old Inlet Bait & Tackle 4 Like It	1% Old Inlet Rehoboth Beach DE
Caught by Dave Vetter at Reef Site 11, DE (Old Inlet 04/12/2018 07:49am)

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Thresher Shark 07/06/17 7:15pm Size: 88" / 417lbs Bait/Lure: Skippy Method: Boat Fishing 6 Like It	5% Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters South Bethany DE
Hour and a half to reel in. 2 hours to get in from 8.5 miles out. (Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters 07/06/2017 23:13pm)

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Toadfish 07/17/17 10:07pm Size: 5" Bait/Lure: Cut Bait Method: Shore Fishing 7 Like It	2% Don Bethany Beach DE

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Tuna 07/09/17 4:00pm Size: 55lbs 5 Like It	4% Lewes Harbour Marina Lewes DE
The Free Spool had a 55 lb Bluefin tuna and a Mahi yesterday at 12 fathoms. (Lewes Harbour Marina 07/10/2017 22:09pm)

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Turtle 07/25/17 7:21am Size: 100lbs Bait/Lure: Mullet Method: Boat Fishing 17 Like It	2% Jeff New Castle DE
Released with hook removed. Wasn't very happy (Jeff 07/25/2017 10:28am)

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Wahoo 09/16/17 10:30am Size: 62" / 67lbs Bait/Lure: Ballyhoo Method: Trolling 8 Like It	Sendit_sammy Smyrna DE
Got er done "On the hunt" special thanks to captain John Colmen for puttin us on the meat (Sendit_sammy 09/17/2017 13:33pm)

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Walleye 11/25/17 12:00pm Size: 26" / 7lbs Method: Boat Fishing 7 Like It	15% Robert Millsboro DE
Very cold but a great day for fishing (Robert 06/17/2018 11:01am) We caught 13 keepers from 2 1/2 lbs to 7 lbs in the Saginaw Bay off East Michigan (Robert 06/17/2018 12:14pm)

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Weakfish 07/10/17 1:54pm Size: 19" / 2.08lbs 7 Like It	4% Lewes Harbour Marina Lewes DE
Hunter Mitchell, DE, weighed in a 2.08 lb, 19" Weakfish. He and his Dad fished at the Mohawk Wreck and caught a few Kingfish and two trout on clams and bloodworm fish bites. Take a kid fishing! (Lewes Harbour Marina 07/10/2017 21:59pm)

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White Crappie 10/02/17 5:31pm Size: 16" / 2lbs Bait/Lure: Shinners Method: Bank Fishing 29 Like It	A.J. BORKOWSKI

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White Marlin 06/27/17 9:37am Size: 65lbs Method: Trolling 9 Like It	Brooks Jenney
Release at Poor Man's Canyon (Brooks Jenney 06/28/2017 08:38am)

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White Perch 01/17/17 5:30am Size: 13" / 1lb Bait/Lure: Bucktail Method: Shore Fishing 8 Like It	2% Greg South Bethany DE
Caught right off my deck in the backyard. (Greg 02/08/2017 12:31pm)

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Yellowfin Tuna 09/04/17 6:58pm Size: 54" / 68.3lbs Bait/Lure: Ballyhoo Method: Trolling 8 Like It	5% Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters South Bethany DE
Chris Burney muscled in this yellowfin while fishing on the Last $ during a bachelor party. (Hook'em & Cook'em Outfitters 09/04/2017 20:02pm)