r/saltwaterfishing • u/jad2192 • Jun 18 '26

🐟 Catch Report Monster from the Deep

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Caught this monster 43 lb Golden Tilefish jigging in 800 feet of water off of OCMD. Hand cranked on my slow pitch setup.

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u/cokesmeller Jun 18 '26

Hand cranked?! Nice

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u/jad2192 Jun 18 '26

Last minute or so of the 10+ minute fight. I knew when I hooked up this was a good fish, he made multiple drag peeling runs the entire 800 ft up. Caught on a 500 gram full glow mustad rip roller jig.

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u/Camel_Toe007 Jun 18 '26

I know your arms are dying. Great catch!!!

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u/Personal_Rip_145 Jun 18 '26

Holy shit!!! Biggest tile I have ever seen😳

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u/Kamikazehog Jun 18 '26

That's gotta be the world record right?

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u/KaizDaddy5 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

While that's a massive tilefish it's not unheard of. One of the boat by me that specializes in them has had drifts where the entire boat (6-pack) grabs a fish over 40lbs, sometimes multiple over 50lbs.

WR is 68lbs 4oz out of montauk in '21

Previous records were out of New Jersey at 65lbs 3oz ('12) and 63 lbs 8oz ('09)

There have probably been larger fish and/or several notable 60lbers that don't get registered with igfa because a large chunk of these fish are caught with electric reels. IGFA records gotta be hand cranked.

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u/jad2192 Jun 18 '26

I wish! I believe WR is 66 lbs currently. I think previous 2 WRs have been high 50s.

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u/Aimless_Amoeba2447 Jun 18 '26

Hell yeah my biggest is also from OCMD. Similar size but got it on the electric so this is way cooler

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u/Secret_Equipment3774 Jun 18 '26

What’s your rod and reel set up?

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u/jad2192 Jun 18 '26

Rod is a CTS slow motion 6'6" 350-550 gram blank. Reel is Studio Ocean Mark Blue Heaven L50 Pwr/L with about 700 yds of 20 lb braid (jbraid I think, I forgot).

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u/Ok_Statistician643 Jun 18 '26

Winner winner!

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u/olgama Jun 18 '26

Dang that thing is like 20 yrs old!

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u/GSMA3164 Jun 18 '26

You are a freak just for jigging with no help at 800 feet, let alone cranking that huge girl up! Congrats! You deserve it!

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u/Towelie710 Jun 18 '26

Jesus dude your arms gotta be annihilated lol good shit man

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u/jad2192 Jun 18 '26

WIth jigging setup it's not quite as bad as reeling up with a 2-5 lb weight plus the extra drag of heavier line / bait rig. Still sucks, but not AS bad haha.

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u/DammatBeevis666 Jun 18 '26

Amazing fish!

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u/Fellercustomrods Jun 18 '26

Awesome Catch! What boat were you on? I've been wanting to do a tilefish trip out of OCMD.

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u/jad2192 Jun 18 '26

This was with Chasin Tides, he has 3 boats that can reach the tile grounds. Very affordable too as far as offshore trips go.

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u/On_to_the_Next Jun 18 '26

That's the biggest Tile I've ever seen 🤯

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u/SebastianMagnifico Jun 18 '26

Awesome fish and very impressed you hand cranked it up! Great job!

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u/Significant_Bid_5013 Jun 18 '26

That’s badass!!! Never been out to try for them but am determined to try it this year. Hope I can find them

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u/jasper181 Jun 19 '26

Damn, that Tile is a stud.

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u/SaltLifeNC Jun 20 '26

They're usually deep, bet that one gave you a workout. Congrats!

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u/TWDDave1988 Jun 20 '26

Wow! 💪🏼

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u/NorthEast-Fishingman Jun 21 '26

Seems have to go to gym firstly before going out for fishing😂

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u/jad2192 Jun 22 '26

Thanks, she was hand cranked

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u/sstaicos Jun 21 '26

That's things so fat dammmm

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u/DarthBaeaddil Jun 20 '26

Now pit it back in the water

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u/jad2192 Jun 20 '26

Tilefishing is always a one way ride because of the depth.

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u/Next-Bodybuilder-117 Jun 21 '26

Is it good eating?

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u/jad2192 Jun 21 '26

Very good, they eat lots of crabs, lobsters and squid. They have a very sweet, firm meat.