US EditionWhat a Catch! 13-Year-Old's Huge Halibut Could Set a New Record
- On Monday, 13-year-old Jackson Denio from Hampton, New Hampshire, landed a 177-pound Atlantic halibut while fishing roughly 100 miles offshore near Cashes Ledge in the waters off New England.
- Denio hooked the fish soon after lowering pollock bait while on a multi-day fishing excursion alongside about 30 other participants, initially hoping to catch a shark but advised to fish near the seabed.
- Denio fought the halibut for around 30 minutes while the crew and passengers cheered, and Captain Jim Walsh praised Denio's composure and said the fish started to tire out eventually.
- The 177-pound catch exceeded the previous junior angler record of 130 pounds and is now part of an application submitted for verification as a potential world record by the official game fish record organization.
- Denio expressed eagerness to fish again and attempt to beat the record, while his family awaits official confirmation and prepares freezer space for the halibut.
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13-Year-Old Boy Catches 177-Lb. Fish That May Set New World Records
“I think I screamed, honestly,” the teen, Jackson Denio, said when recalling the moment of reeling in the massive creatureJill Denio/AP Jackson Denio (left) and an unknown man with the teen’s massive catchNEED TO KNOWA 13-year-old boy caught a 177-lb. halibut on Sept. 1Photos show the New Hampshire teen, Jackson Denio, standing next to the fish, which outweighed him by more than 50 lbs.Jackson may have broken multiple world records with the catc…
The young fisherman may have set a world record with his catch.
NH Boy, 13, Reels In Fish That Outweighs Him
A New Hampshire teenager on a deep-sea fishing trip this week hauled in a 177-pound Atlantic halibut, a fish so big that it weighed more than he does and could be a world record. Jackson Denio, a 13-year-old from Hampton, New Hampshire, was fishing about 100 miles off the New...
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