{"id":15540,"date":"2021-09-16T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=15540"},"modified":"2023-04-18T16:01:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:01:07","slug":"new-record-blueline-gray-tilefish-certified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/new-record-blueline-gray-tilefish-certified\/","title":{"rendered":"New Record Blueline (Gray) Tilefish Certified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/recgraytile21-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/recgraytile21-1-708x1024.jpg\" alt=\"George Hanakis with Record Blueline (Gray) Tilefish\" class=\"wp-image-15541\" width=\"196\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/recgraytile21-1-708x1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/recgraytile21-1-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/recgraytile21-1-768x1111.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/recgraytile21-1.jpg 895w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NJDEP&#8217;s Fish and Wildlife has officially certified, and is pleased to announce, the catch of a new state record saltwater fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>George Hanakis of Perth Amboy, reeled in the new state record blueline (gray) tilefish on September 1, 2021. The fish weighed in at 23 pounds, 8 ounces, eclipsing the previous state record by 4 ounces and measured 34\u201d in length with a girth of 25\u201d. George was bottom fishing from the boat, Jamaica, captained by Howard Bogan, Jr. They were located in Wilmington Canyon when he caught the tilefish with a Shimano Terez rod, a Gamakatsu lure and a Daiwa reel with 100 pound test braided line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view the previous record for blueline (gray) tilefish caught in 2013, please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dep\/fgw\/news\/2013\/recgraytile13.htm\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/marine\/new-jersey-state-record-saltwater-fish\/\">New Jersey State Records for Saltwater Fish &#8211; Saltwater<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NJDEP&#8217;s Fish and Wildlife has officially certified, and is pleased to announce, the catch of a new state record saltwater fish. George Hanakis of Perth Amboy, reeled in the new state record blueline (gray) tilefish on September 1, 2021. The fish weighed in at 23 pounds, 8 ounces, eclipsing the previous state record by 4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15540","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\/15540","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=15540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}