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Savannah angler catches record king mackerel
Jessica Pace Sets New Kings Mackerel Record
Jessica Pace holds her record-setting 45-pound, 7-ounce king mackerel.
BRUNSWICK — The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has announced a women’s state record for king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla, landed in Georgia by Jessica Pace of Savannah. On May 21, Pace caught a 45-pound, 7-ounce king mackerel while fishing the R6 Navy Tower with Capt. Tommy Smoak aboard the Smoak’in. Pace’s record catch replaces the longstanding record of 42 pounds set in 1982 by Joyce Richards.Pace received a certificate from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources acknowledging her catch, which will be added to the Georgia Saltwater Gamefish Records list published at www.coastalGaADNR.org and included in the 2017 Georgia Sport Fishing Regulations.
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