Timothy Blasko of Cutchogue, New York set a state record this month for spearing the heaviest lionfish in the Atlantic Ocean while diving in the Florida Keys. It weighed in at 3.10 pounds, or 1,408 grams. Timothy Blasko, 37, was diving the Tennessee Reef, three miles south of Long Key State Park, on Aug. 6 at mile marker 67.5, when he speared the lionfish. (Photo/VCG)
Timothy Blasko of Cutchogue, New York set a state record this month for spearing the heaviest lionfish in the Atlantic Ocean while diving in the Florida Keys. It weighed in at 3.10 pounds, or 1,408 grams. Timothy Blasko, 37, was diving the Tennessee Reef, three miles south of Long Key State Park, on Aug. 6 at mile marker 67.5, when he speared the lionfish. (Photo/VCG)
Timothy Blasko of Cutchogue, New York set a state record this month for spearing the heaviest lionfish in the Atlantic Ocean while diving in the Florida Keys. It weighed in at 3.10 pounds, or 1,408 grams. Timothy Blasko, 37, was diving the Tennessee Reef, three miles south of Long Key State Park, on Aug. 6 at mile marker 67.5, when he speared the lionfish. (Photo/VCG)