An accomplished logistics and distribution professional in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bradley “Brad” Berfield holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Boston University and an MBA from Binghamton University. Outside of his professional life, Brad Berfield pursues a diverse range of hobbies that includes golfing, cooking, and boating. An avid fisherman, he particular enjoys angling for striped bass.
All anglers have a tale of the one that got one away, but for one fisherman, the one that didn’t get away will be a story to tell for the rest of his life. In May of 2018, a New Jersey fisherman named Joe Callahan caught a near-record striped bass while angling from the shore in Raritan Bay. Callahan had already been fishing for three hours when the monster fish took his bait, and the two spent a half-hour wrestling one another before Callahan was able to reel it in.
The fish weighed in at a whopping 58 pounds, making it one of the largest striped bass recorded in New Jersey and ranking it in the upper tier of those caught in the United States. New Jersey is no stranger to record-breaking striped bass. The largest ever caught in the state, a 78-pound behemoth landed in Atlantic City, stood as the world’s largest until a Connecticut fisherman reeled in an 81-pound striper in 2011.
