01-30-2004, 05:00 AM
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of
Fish and Wildlife has certified a new state record sheepshead that was
taken from Manahawkin Bay. Paul Lowe, a resident of Manahawkin, caught
the 17 pound, 3 ounce, sheepshead on September 17. It weighed 3 pounds,
2 ounces more than the previous record taken from Great Egg Inlet in
1995.
Lowe was bottom fishing with clams when he caught the record sheepshead
on 17-pound test line near the Causeway Bridge. The fish measured 27 ½
inches in length with a 24 ½-inch girth.
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Fish and Wildlife has certified a new state record sheepshead that was
taken from Manahawkin Bay. Paul Lowe, a resident of Manahawkin, caught
the 17 pound, 3 ounce, sheepshead on September 17. It weighed 3 pounds,
2 ounces more than the previous record taken from Great Egg Inlet in
1995.
Lowe was bottom fishing with clams when he caught the record sheepshead
on 17-pound test line near the Causeway Bridge. The fish measured 27 ½
inches in length with a 24 ½-inch girth.
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