Photo by Georgia DNR
A Georgia man reeled in a new state-record swordfish on May 31.
It took a 90-minute fight, but Brendin Page of Savannah landed a 205-pound, 8-ounce swordfish that beat the previous state record by nearly 120 pounds.
Page caught the fish while 15 miles off the Savannah shore, according to the Savannah Morning News
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Page was fishing aboard Captain Kent Phillips’ Slo-N-EZ when he hooked the fish in about 1,500 feet of water. When he got back to shore, he had to travel to a nearby seafood market to have its weight certified.
“Finding certified scales is often the biggest challenge for anglers wishing to enter a fish for consideration,” said Jeff Mericle, Georgia Coastal Resources Division saltwater gamefish records coordinator. “We tell fishermen to check with local seafood markets since they typically have a Georgia Department of Agriculture certified scale.”
The Georgia CRD maintains men’s and women’s record categories for 58 species of fish. The previous state record was an 86-pounder caught in 1980.