>State kicks off annual hunt for ‘Diamond Jim’
By PAMELA WOOD, Staff Writer
Capital Gazette Communications Published 06/01/11
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If you get one
•Tagged rockfish: Do not remove tag. Keep the fish and call the number on the tag so a state official can come and verify your catch. Your fish could be Diamond Jim, worth at least $10,000, or an imposter worth at least $500.
•Citation-worthy fish or crab: You can check in your catch at a number of fishing and sports shops around the state. For a full list of citation sizes and locations of citation award centers, and full rules of the contest, visit the Diamond Jim website at www.dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/challenge.
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Fishing could be quite a profitable hobby this summer.
The state launched its seventh annual Maryland Fishing Challenge yesterday, and once again, there are tagged “Diamond Jim” rockfish swimming around the Chesapeake Bay worth up to $10,000.
Eight boats ferried Department of Natural Resources biologists around the bay yesterday as they caught and tagged 200 rockfish.
“We’re not trying to make this a reason to go fishing, it just makes it more fun,” said Marty Gary, a DNR fisheries ecologist who runs the contest.
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