{"id":15516,"date":"2021-10-14T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=15516"},"modified":"2023-04-18T15:47:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T19:47:45","slug":"new-record-landlocked-salmon-caught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/new-record-landlocked-salmon-caught\/","title":{"rendered":"New Record Landlocked Salmon Caught"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joes_landlocked_salmon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joes_landlocked_salmon-1024x810.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Satkowski Holding Landlocked Atlantic Salmon\" class=\"wp-image-15515\" width=\"454\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joes_landlocked_salmon-1024x810.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joes_landlocked_salmon-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joes_landlocked_salmon-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joes_landlocked_salmon.jpg 2046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NJDEP&#8217;s Fish and Wildlife has announced that two new record fish were caught in September. The first was a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dep\/fgw\/news\/2021\/record_sheepshead21.htm\">sheepshead caught spearfishing<\/a>&nbsp;and is the first record in that category for NJ. The second fish that came in was a landlocked salmon which broke a previous record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 30, Joe Satkowski of Hampton broke the existing Landlocked Salmon record. Joe was fishing from his boat on Merrill Creek Reservoir, using a Temple Forks Outfitter spinning rod and a Shimano Stradic spinning reel when he landed the fish. A homemade jig served as the lure. The new record landlocked salmon weighed in at 8 lbs., 10 ounces. eclipsing the previous 2018 record by 5 ounces. The fish measured 26 inches in length and a 16.25 inch girth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merrill Creek Reservoir has been stocked with 14-inch salmon raised at Fish and Wildlife&#8217;s Hackettstown Hatchery for three consecutive years beginning in 2018 (325 fish, 700 fish, 650 fish).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Mr. Satkowski on his magnificent catch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view the previous record for landlocked salmon caught in 2018, please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dep\/fgw\/news\/2018\/recsalmon18.htm\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/freshwater\/new-jersey-state-record-freshwater-sport-fish\/\">New Jersey State Records for Freshwater Fish<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NJDEP&#8217;s Fish and Wildlife has announced that two new record fish were caught in September. The first was a&nbsp;sheepshead caught spearfishing&nbsp;and is the first record in that category for NJ. The second fish that came in was a landlocked salmon which broke a previous record. On September 30, Joe Satkowski of Hampton broke the existing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fishing","category-freshwater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}