Forrest Baughman – Swordfish Recovery!

ANGLER: Forrest Baughman

TAG ID: GFR29317
SPECIES TAGGED: Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

LOCATION: Charleston, SC, USA

DATE: 07/25/2019

BOAT NAME: Miss Jane
CAPTAIN NAME: Forrest Baughman Jr.
MATE 1 NAME: Nick bowser

Catch Data

OCEAN: Atlantic
LATITUDE: 31.80000
LONGITUDE: -78.68333

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OVERALL LENGTH: 43 in – lower jaw fork length
MEASUREMENT WAS: Measured
ESTIMATED WEIGHT: 25 lbs
SEX: Female
FIGHT TIME: N/A
FISH CONDITION: Poor
ADDITIONAL REMARKS: Caught on a commercial Longliner. It was not legal to keep but came up dead so we kept the tag and released the fish dead. The water temp was about 87 deg F and we were in about 3.5 knots of current at about 65 degree drift.

BAIT USED: Mackerel