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<h2 align="center"><strong>Upper Marlboro Sportsman Sets New Maryland Snakehead Record</strong></h2>
<figure id="attachment_9778" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-9778" style="width: 576px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Michael-Meade-Snakehead.101715.Sm_.jpg"><img class="wp-image-9778 size-large" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Michael-Meade-Snakehead.101715.Sm_-576x1024.jpg" alt="Michael Meade with his state champion snakehead fish caught at Mallows Bay on the Potomac " width="576" height="1024" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-9778" class="wp-caption-text">Michael Meade with his state champion snakehead fish caught at Mattawoman Creek with bow and arrow.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(SPECIAL from The <a href="http://dnr2.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Maryland Department of Natural Resources</a> ) The fishing Gods of Maryland have confirmed that Michael Meade of Upper Marlboro, Maryland set a new state sport fish record with a 17.49-pound northern snakehead while fishing with bow and arrow along the marshes of Mattawoman Creek.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“It was about <span class="aBn" tabindex="0" data-term="goog_2132095299"><span class="aQJ">10:30</span></span> at night when I brought it onboard, and it was the biggest snakehead we had ever seen,” Meade said. “When I got home, I stepped on a bathroom scale with the fish, and it was over 17 pounds. So, I put it in a bucket of ice water and went looking for a certified scale.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The next day in Marbury, MD, Gray Brothers Market store manager Stacy Long confirmed the weight on a Maryland Department of Agriculture-certified digital scale. Natural Resources fisheries biologist Mary Groves subsequently confirmed the species, making the record official.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">World and state fishing records are normally awarded only for fish caught by rod and reel. Maryland makes an exception for three invasive fish species: northern snakehead, blue catfish and flathead catfish. These species may be caught by any legal recreational harvest method and considered for state record recognition, but only if the fish is dispatched and kept.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Maryland Department of Natural Resources also includes an Invasive Species Award category in its annual <a href="http://dnr2.maryland.gov/fisheries/Pages/challenge/index.aspx" target="_blank">Maryland Fishing Challenge</a>, a year-long promotion of the state’s excellent fishing opportunities. Anglers who register exceptional catches of <a href="http://dnr2.maryland.gov/fisheries/pages/challenge/species.aspx" target="_blank">Angler Award-eligible size</a> receive award certificates.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">To report a potential record catch, call <a href="tel:443-569-1381" target="_blank">443-569-1381</a> or <a href="tel:410-260-8325" target="_blank">410-260-8325</a>. Anglers should keep their fish immersed in ice water to preserve its weight until it can be weighed at a seafood retailer, a grocery store, or tackle shop with a certified scale. Fish caught from privately-owned, fee-fishing waters are not eligible for record consideration. The <a href="http://dnr2.maryland.gov/fisheries/pages/challenge/staterecordrules.aspx" target="_blank">Maryland State Record</a> application and a list of <a href="http://dnr2.maryland.gov/Fisheries/Pages/state-records.aspx" target="_blank">records</a> are on the <a href="http://dnr2.maryland.gov/fisheries/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">DNR Fisheries website.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As for the new state record snakehead, Meade says, “I will bake the fillets with pepper and butter, enough for two or three meals, I expect.”</span></p>
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