Westerfeld’s state record tautog. Photo by Capt. Kane Bounds Capt. Chris Dollar already noted that Ocean City will be hot with big tautog this winter, with Eric Burnley giving the best info on fishing reefs and wrecks. So it's no wonder that on January 2, two anglers brought in the Maryland state record tautog off Ocean City and the state record for chain pickerel on an Eastern Shore pond. From the Maryland DNR's website: "Kenneth Westerfeld of College Point, NY reeled in a 28.8-pound tautog 20 miles southeast of Ocean City while fishing in about 75-feet of water with Captain Kane Bounds on the charter boat Fish Bound.  Maryland’s previous record was a 23-pound tautog caught by Charles Donohue near Ocean City in 2012. The current world record is 25 pounds. Haile’s state record chain pickerel. Photo by Eddie Haile. "Meanwhile, Lee Haile III of Towson was catching and releasing chain pickerel with his son and a friend in an unnamed Eastern Shore pond near Salisbury when the line came tight to what turned out to be an eight pounder." The Maryland state record was held at seven pounds, four ounces, set by Roy Molick, Jr, in 1976. The world record is nine pounds, four ounces. Click here for more information, and to see the Maryland State list of records.