MD Record Spadefish Caught by Towson Angler

Angler John Slike, of Towson, landed a State record Atlantic spadefish on Sept. 8. Slike was fishing the African Queen wreck aboard Capt. Seth Hetherington's headboat Judith M, out of Bahia Marina in Ocean City with 30-pound test line and squid for bait.

The fish weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces and measured 21 inches with a girth of 20 inches. This exceeds the previous State record of 7 pounds, 12.8 ounces set on Sept. 3, 2000, by 1.2 ounces. DNR Biologists Allison J. Pevler and Gina Hunt verified the species and certified the scale.