Commissioner's Cup Leaderboard

The 2026 Commissioner's Cup is open. Here are the current leaders in each of the Weigh-In and the Catch & Release divisions. Can you take a top spot?

Catch & Release Leaders - Inshore Species

Updated 10/13/2026

Species	Category	Name	Length
Atlantic Bonito	Adult	Carrie Drayton	27 inches
	Junior	J. Shanahan	29.5 inches
Atlantic Mackerel	Adult
	Junior
Black Sea Bass	Adult	Jeffrey Albernaz	21 inches
	Junior	Ben Durfee	21 inches
Bluefish	Adult	Brad Strand	38.5 inches
	Junior	Cooper Schena	28.5 inches
Dolphinfish	Adult	Camden Dumais	33 inches
	Junior	Ben Durfee	33.5 inches
False Albacore	Adult	Neil Krauter	30 inches
	Junior	J. Shanahan	26.5 inches
Fluke	Adult	Camden Dumais	28 inches
	Junior	Ben Durfee	27 inches
King Mackerel	Adult
	Junior
Scup	Adult	Nicholas Rhodes	16 inches
	Junior	Ben Durfee	15 inches
Spanish Mackerel	Adult
	Junior
Striped Bass	Adult	Jean Peeples	54 inches
	Junior	Ben Durfee	48 inches
Tautog	Adult	Paula Silva Pierdinock	23.5 inches
	Junior
Weakfish	Adult
	Junior	Griffin Sabolevski	21.5 inches
Winter Flounder	Adult	Charles Linnell and Ashley Gaulin (tie)	17.5 inches
	Junior	Ben Durfee	16.5 inches

Catch & Release Leaders - Groundfish Species

Updated 9/17/2026

Species	Category	Name	Length
Atlantic Cod	Adult	Nicholas Rhodes	34.5 inches
	Junior
Atlantic Halibut	Adult
	Junior
Cusk	Adult
	Junior
Haddock	Adult	Nicholas Rhodes	26 inches
	Junior
Pollock	Adult
	Junior

Catch & Release - Large Pelagic Species

Updated 9/1/2026

Species	Category	Name	Length
Albacore	Adult
	Junior
Atlantic Sailfish	Adult
	Junior
Bigeye Tuna	Adult
	Junior
Blue Marlin	Adult
	Junior
Blue Shark	Adult
	Junior
Bluefin Tuna	Adult
	Junior
Porbeagle Shark	Adult
	Junior
Swordfish	Adult
	Junior
Thresher Shark	Adult
	Junior
Wahoo	Adult
	Junior
White Marlin	Adult
	Junior
Yellowfin Tuna	Adult	Nicholas Rhodes	49 inches
	Junior

Weigh-In Leaders - Inshore Species

Updated 10/13/2026

Species	Category	Name	Heaviest fish
Atlantic Bonito	Adult	Carrie Drayton	8 lb. 1 oz.
	Junior	Connor Magee	4 lb. 6 oz.
Atlantic Mackerel	Adult
	Junior	Ben Durfee	1 lb. 6 oz.
Black Sea Bass	Adult	Andrew Jacobs	4 lb.
	Junior	Ben Durfee	3 lb. 4 oz.
Bluefish	Adult	Bruce Dew III	19 lb. 15 oz.
	Junior
Dolphinfish (Mahi)	Adult	Camden Dumais	15 lb. 8 oz.
	Junior	Henry Danubio	60 lb. 13 oz.
False Albacore	Adult	Sherry Countryman	19 lb. 14 oz. *NEW STATE RECORD*
	Junior
Fluke	Adult	Jonathan Bahn	9 lb. 15 oz.
	Junior	Ben Durfee	4 lb. 4 oz.
King Mackerel	Adult
	Junior
Scup	Adult	Paul Menlibai	2 lb. 8 oz.
	Junior	Ayla Jacobs	1 lb. 8 oz.
Spanish Mackerel	Adult
	Junior
Tautog	Adult	Dan DeCollibus	9 lb. 13 oz.
	Junior	Ben Durfee	4 lb. 1 oz.
Weakfish	Adult
	Junior
Winter Flounder	Adult
	Junior

*New state record

Weigh-In Leaders - Groundfish Species

Updated 2/13/2026

Species	Category	Name	Heaviest fish
Atlantic Cod	Adult
	Junior
Atlantic Halibut	Adult
	Junior
Cusk	Adult
	Junior
Haddock	Adult
	Junior
Pollock	Adult
	Junior

*New state record

Weigh-In Leaders - Large Pelagic Species

Updated 9/9/2026

Species	Category	Name	Heaviest fish
Albacore	Adult
	Junior
Bigeye Tuna	Adult	Donald Gaiter	198 lb.
	Junior
Blue Marlin	Adult	Walter Chapman	1,260 lb. *NEW STATE RECORD*
	Junior
Bluefin Tuna	Adult
	Junior
Porbeagle Shark	Adult
	Junior
Swordfish	Adult
	Junior
Thresher Shark	Adult
	Junior
Wahoo	Adult
	Junior
White Marlin	Adult
	Junior
Yellowfin Tuna	Adult	George Barrett	187 lb. 5 oz. *NEW STATE RECORD*
	Junior	Ben Durfee	55 lb. 6 oz.

*New state record

Last updated:	October 8, 2026