New state record hybrid striper caught

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[url "http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/news/2005/rechy"] [/url].

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of
Fish and Wildlife has certified a new state record striped bass hybrid
caught in saltwater.

James R. Fowler of Brigantine caught the 13 pound, 2 ounce striped bass
hybrid off Brigantine on October 26, 2004. It weighed 11 ounces more
than the previous record taken from the Cape May Rips in 1993. The fish
measured 28 ½ inches in length with a 21 ¼-inch girth. Because the
regulations are the same for saltwater hybrid stripers as they are for
true strain striped bass, Fowler checked in the fish using a bonus card acquired earlier in the year.

For more information, click on the following link:
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