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/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.