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New Jersey Man Spears State-Record Flounder While Diving at a WWII Shipwreck
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On Thursday New Jersey fisheries officials certified a new state record for winter flounder in the spearfishing division.
Smith’s winter flounder measured 19.25 inches long with a 15.25-inch girth.
Winter flounder are a separate species from summer flounder, also known as fluke, which grow much larger.
But Smith’s record won’t actually affect the other rod-and-reel records already on the books.
New Jersey maintains a separate category for spearfishing records, with 17 different saltwater species eligible for inclusion.