{"id":15526,"date":"2021-10-14T19:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T19:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=15526"},"modified":"2023-04-18T15:47:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T19:47:31","slug":"new-record-sheepshead-caught-spearfishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/new-record-sheepshead-caught-spearfishing\/","title":{"rendered":"New Record Sheepshead Caught Spearfishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/sheepshead3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/sheepshead3-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Satkowski Holding Landlocked Atlantic Salmon\" class=\"wp-image-15525\" width=\"356\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/sheepshead3-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/sheepshead3-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/sheepshead3-1.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New Jersey Fish and Wildlife has announced that two new record fish were caught in September. The first was a sheepshead caught spearfishing and is the first record in that category for NJ. The second fish that came in was a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dep\/fgw\/news\/2021\/record_salmon21.htm\">landlocked salmon<\/a>&nbsp;which broke a previous record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russ Griffin of Manahawkin made his way onto the state spearfishing record fish list by landing a new state record Sheepshead on September 20, while free diving off Long Beach Island. The fish weighed 12 pounds, 8 ounces and is the first record fish to be caught for this category. The record Sheepshead measured 26 inches in length and a girth of 22.5 inches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Mr. Griffin on his magnificent catch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/marine\/new-jersey-state-record-saltwater-fishing-spearfishing\/\">New Jersey State Records for Saltwater Fish &#8211; Spearfishing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey Fish and Wildlife has announced that two new record fish were caught in September. The first was a sheepshead caught spearfishing and is the first record in that category for NJ. The second fish that came in was a&nbsp;landlocked salmon&nbsp;which broke a previous record. Russ Griffin of Manahawkin made his way onto the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fishing","category-saltwater-recreational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15526","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=15526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}