{"id":59005,"date":"2025-01-07T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=59005"},"modified":"2025-01-09T10:49:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:49:30","slug":"news-2025-01-07-new-state-record-bowfin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2025-01-07-new-state-record-bowfin\/","title":{"rendered":"New State Record Bowfin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/new-state-record-bowfin-frank-hubert-2024-12-17.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"926\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/new-state-record-bowfin-frank-hubert-2024-12-17-926x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59006\" style=\"width:480px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/new-state-record-bowfin-frank-hubert-2024-12-17-926x1024.jpg 926w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/new-state-record-bowfin-frank-hubert-2024-12-17-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/new-state-record-bowfin-frank-hubert-2024-12-17-768x849.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/new-state-record-bowfin-frank-hubert-2024-12-17.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Frank Hubert caught the new state record Bowfin in Mantua Creek on December 17, 2024.&nbsp; The fish weighed 12 pounds, 10-ounces, replacing Pierce Dopkin\u2019s 11-pound, 8.5-ounce <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2017-09-11-state-record-bowfin-caught\/\">record from 2017<\/a>, which was caught in the same creek.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank was casting from a kayak when the fish hit.&nbsp; He was using a Sixgill spinning rod with a Shimano spinning reel loaded with 30-pound test Snakehead Outlawz braided line when the fish hit. Frank was using a Snakehead Outlawz Dragon Destroyer as the lure for this new record bowfin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations Frank!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/freshwater\/new-jersey-state-record-fish-program\/\">NJ Record Fish Program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/freshwater\/new-jersey-state-record-freshwater-sport-fish\/\">NJ Record Freshwater Fish List<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/marine\/new-jersey-state-record-saltwater-fish\/\">NJ Record Saltwater Fish List<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/marine\/new-jersey-state-record-saltwater-fishing-spearfishing\/\">NJ Record Spearfishing List<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Hubert caught the new state record Bowfin in Mantua Creek on December 17, 2024.&nbsp; The fish weighed 12 pounds, 10-ounces, replacing Pierce Dopkin\u2019s 11-pound, 8.5-ounce record from 2017, which was caught in the same creek.&nbsp; Frank was casting from a kayak when the fish hit.&nbsp; He was using a Sixgill spinning rod with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":59007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-default"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59005","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\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59062,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59005\/revisions\/59062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}