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Sebastian Lankiewicz holds the new state
record longnose gar - NC WRC Photo |
September 28, 2006
RALEIGH, N.C. – For the second time in less than
three months, the longnose gar state record has been broken — this
time by U.S. Marine Sebastian Lankiewicz of Camp Lejeune in
Jacksonville.
Lankiewicz landed his record-breaker on June 29 while fishing at
Rock Quarry Lakes in Maysville. He was using a 7-foot Quantum Boca
spinning rod, a Shimano Stradic 2500FH reel and a Rapala crankbait
lure. The fish weighed 19 pounds, 10 ½ ounces and measured 49 ¾ in
length.
An avid bass angler who would like to turn pro one day, Lankiewicz
was fishing for largemouth bass when he noticed a big splash and a
fish floating belly up nearby.
“I got over to where I saw the splash and there was this fish
floating upside down; it looked like the longnose gar was trying
to eat the bass,” Lankiewicz said. “So I just tossed out my line
to see what would happen.”
After a 20-minute fight, he reeled in the gar on 16-pound test.
Lankiewicz’s catch surpassed the previous longnose gar record,
held since April 16 by James Thomas Bryant of Henderson, by a mere
2 ½ ounces.
To qualify for a state record, anglers must have caught the fish
on a hook and line, must have the fish weighed on a certified
scale witnessed by one observer, have the fish positively
identified by a qualified expert from the Commission and submit an
application with a full, side-view photo of the fish.
For a list of all freshwater fish state records in North Carolina,
visit the Wildlife Resources Commission’s Web site,
www.ncwildlife.org.
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