MS: Five State Fishing Records

Jackson County was well-represented Wednesday when the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources announced the certification of five new saltwater-fishing records. The husband-and-wife team of Cecily and Tommy O’Brien from Pascagoula each established their own marks. Cecily O’Brien broke the conventional record for Atlantic Spadefish with a 9-pound, 8-ounce fish on June 3. A little more than a week later, on June 11, Tommy O’Brien caught a conventional state record in the Lockdown with a 3-pound fish. On June 16, Jack Paul Edwards of Moss Point established a new conventional record for Gray Snapper with a 29-pound, 11-ounce catch. Doug Borries of Ocean Springs, who is the owner of Dynamic Outdoors, a TV production company, set the fly-fishing tackle record for the Gaftopsail Catfish with a 4-pound, 10-ounce fish on June 25. Mark Alan Ros Jr., also of Ocean Springs, set a new state mark June 12 with a Gray Snapper that checked in at 13 pounds and 15 ounces. Pictured: Jack Paul Edwards of Moss Point established a new conventional record for Gray Snapper with a 29-pound, 11-ounce catch.