62 lb Golden Tile off Ocean city MD

[jackdaniels]

Record Tilefish Caught Off Ocean City
Updated: Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009, 5:09 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009, 1:30 PM EST

OCEAN CITY, Md. - A 62-pound golden tilefish that might be a Maryland record nearly jerked an angler out of his boat when the fish bit.

Steve Doctor says he was fishing about 60 miles off the coast of his hometown, Ocean City, near the Baltimore Canyon. After a day of fishing, boat captain Chris Mizurak suggested fishing at 80 to 100 feet to see what they could catch.

Tilefish live in holes on the seafloor, and when the fish bit Thursday, Doctor says he had to pull the fish up quickly so it didn't go back in. He says the 62-pounder nearly pulled him off the boat and it took 20 minutes for him to reel it in.

He'd been fishing for three days aboard The Angler when he made the catch, his first tilefish and if the state approves it, his first record-setter.
Doctor's catch came at the end of a three-day fishing trip aboard The Angler out of Ocean City. In that time, Doctor, who works as a fisheries biologist for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and the other recreational fishermen with him had pulled up sharks, tuna and swordfish, among other things. After cruising around the Baltimore Canyon -- a seven-hour trip from Ocean City -- all day, Chris Mizurak, the boat's captain, decided to try sending some lines to the bottom to see what came up.

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[BlueH20Boss]

I am assuming that is a typo and they meant 80 to 100 fathoms.... because i have never found any 80 foot deep water in the baltimore canyon.

[Robja]

That's one nice looking tile

[Banshee]

80-100 feet, Baltimore, my sources said washington, who knows next year there will be more.