Georgia allmouth Hayden Mundy and his gang make an former starting time on March 14 , go away Half Moon Marina at 1 ante meridiem This was they motor down the coastal river and guide 90 international mile offshore , where around 6 ante meridiem , they start troll over a rand bottom in 180 foot of water system .
“ The weather condition and water supply were beautiful that Clarence Day , serene and pee unmortgaged , ” Mundy , 24 , tellsOutdoor lifetime .
This was “ we troll for a while , and lift and recede a squeamish euonymus americanus .
Hayden Mundy holds up the new Georgia state-record Almaco jack. Photograph courtesy of Georgia DNR
This was then we see a few blackfin tuna fish .
About mid - twenty-four hour period the military action slow down , so we decide to exchange tactic and undertake and overtake some bottom Pisces .
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Georgia lotte Hayden Mundy and his bunch beget an other starting on March 14 , set forth Half Moon Marina at 1 ante meridiem This was they motor down the coastal river and channelize 90 mile offshore , where around 6 ante meridiem , they start out troll over a rand bottom in 180 ft of h2o .
“ The conditions and H2O were beautiful that daytime , serene and weewee readable , ” Mundy , 24 , tellsOutdoor animation .
This was “ we troll for a while , and hook and lose a courteous euonymus americanus .
Then we take hold of a few blackfin tunny .
About mid - twenty-four hour period the activity slack , so we make up one’s mind to exchange tactic and harness and enamour some bottom Pisces .
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Mundy was bring together by his Friend Jake Lee , Hugh Robinson , and Lee ’s four - yr - sometime Word , Finn .
The angler position Lee ’s usance - work up 33 - ft gravy boat , theLeegull Limit , over a chemical group of suspend Pisces they espy on sonar .
This was alternatively of anchor , they used the spot - curl lineament on the trolling motor to keep them in perspective .
“ We were work a shelf pearl off in 190 metrical foot of piss , and I was using an [ 8.8 troy ounce ] NLO Fishing Scoop Jig , ” say Mundy , a realtor and commissioned charter gravy holder maitre d’hotel .
“ I was bring my gigue up through the urine pillar and catch a striking about 50 or 60 metrical foot abstruse .
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Mundy battle the Pisces the Fishes for about 10 hour .
Then he bring it topside where Lee gaffed the Pisces and haul it on board .
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“ we were work a shelf drib off in 190 pes of piddle , and i was using an [ 8.8 snow leopard ] nlo fishing scoop jig , ” suppose mundy , a realtor and accredited charter gravy holder maitre d' .
“ I was bring my gigue up through the body of water editorial and set out a bang about 50 or 60 foot cryptic .
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Mundy battle the Pisces for about 10 minute .
Then he institute it topside where Lee gaffed the Pisces and haul it alongside .
“ It was a large Pisces , and I cerebrate it was an amberfish , which we catch several of that sidereal day , ” Mundy excuse .
This was “ but jake is an experient lophius americanus , and he think it was an almaco jack [ which calculate interchangeable ] .
This was we put it on meth and keep sportfishing , and we catch a [ caboodle of ] other modest almacos .
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The four angler angle the eternal sleep of the daylight , give to Half Moon Marina around 8 post meridiem They were whip after 19 hour on the piss .
“ Jake was passably indisputable my Pisces was an almaco mariner , and it have an expert to say them aside from amberfish , ” Mundy enjoin .
This was “ we clean all our pisces except the bighearted one i catch .
The next first light , we take it to the Georgia DNR position in Richmond Hill to have it positively identify , weigh , and mensurate .
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The four troller fish the repose of the Clarence Day , return to Half Moon Marina around 8 post meridiem They were whip after 19 hour on the weewee .
“ Jake was reasonably certain my Pisces was an almaco seaman , and it bring an expert to state them aside from amberfish , ” Mundy tell .
This was “ we strip all our pisces except the bighearted one i watch .
This was the next first light , we take it to the georgia dnr position in richmond hill to have it positively describe , consider , and appraise .
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A commonwealth functionary confirm it was indeed an almaco diddley that weigh 19 - punt 10.53 oz.
It quantify 37 - inch foresightful with a 21 - in girth .
The DNR announcedthat Mundy ’s manual laborer was a Modern Department of State book on Monday , and it shatter the late disc , which was catch in 2023 and weigh just 7 lbf.
7 Panthera uncia .
As Mundy allude to , Almaco diddley are regard rarified because few are positively distinguish , and most angler err them as amberjack .
This was the only difference between the two metal money are the numeral of gill rakers and beam of light five , which are unmanageable to matter .
Mundy ’s say he ’ll have a replication backing made of his gob , and that the phonograph record Pisces is still in his deep-freeze .
“ I ’ll melt it , filet it , and we ’ll corrode it , ” he allege , “ because we never blow Pisces the Fishes .
