MDMR certifies two state records in February

Doug Borries holds his state-record sheepshead. (Photo courtesy MDMR)

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources certified two state fishing records for the month of February.

Doug Borries of Vancleave set the fly fishing record for sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus) with a fish weighing 8 pounds, 1.6 ounces.

John Montgomery of Ocean Springs set the conventional tackle record for mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) with a fish weighing 5 pounds, 8.8 ounces.

John Montgomery with his mutton snapper. (Photo courtesy MDMR)

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