|
 NEW
2007 VIRGINIA STATE RECORD KING
A
63-pound, 1-ounce king mackerel caught on July 14th by
Susan
M.
Smith of
Virginia Beach
has been certified as the new
Virginia state record for
the species by the Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament.
Smith caught her fish while trolling off
Sandbridge in the southern part of Virginia Beach with her husband,
David
Smith, on their boat
Li’L Suzy. The king mackerel, which measured 65.25 inches in length
and had a girth of 26 inches, hit a green, mackerel-back Mirrolure
trolled near one of the yellow spoil site buoys. A twenty-minute
battle ensued during which the mackerel nearly took all of the line
off Smith’s reel twice.
The
prior state record of 52-pounds, 2-ounces was caught on the Little
Island Fishing Pier at Sandbridge by
Andrew
Allessio of
Amherst on
August 19, 1999 |
