New Hampshire teen reels in big halibut that weighs over 170 kilos
Jackson Denio, a teen fisherman, reeled in an enormous halibut off the New England coast. “It took the three deckhands and the captain to get it in the boat, and then, once it was in the boat, everybody was just yelling and cheering,” he stated. (Credit score: Patty-Lin Cogswell, Jill Denio by way of AP)
A 13-year-old New Hampshire boy hauled within the catch of a lifetime this week, an enormous 177-pound Atlantic halibut that outweighed him and will set a brand new junior world file.
Jackson Denio, who stands 5-foot-9 and weighs 120 kilos, set out on an in a single day deep-sea fishing journey with about 30 different individuals off Cashes Ledge, a fishing floor off the New England Coast. He caught the fish on Monday morning.
“I think I screamed, honestly,” Denio advised The Related Press. “I don’t know exactly what happened, but I was very excited.”
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Catching a halibut in New England is uncommon, Denio stated, as a result of the fish are extra generally present in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
Jackson Denio, left, stands with a 177-pound halibut he caught Sept. 2. (Jill Denio by way of AP)
“Halibut this size is like a once-in-a-lifetime fish catching in the Atlantic,” he added.
By Monday, these aboard Al Gauron’s Deep Sea Fishing and Whale Watching boat had caught loads of pollock and different fish when Denio advised them he needed to catch a shark.
He dropped his hook, which was baited with pollock, and, quickly after, the road pulled straight down — a telltale signal of halibut.
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“The line was pretty much straight up and down the whole fight, which usually means a halibut,” Denio recalled. “A shark kind of would run up and to the side a little bit, but it was straight up and down. … That’s the way they swim. They move their head and their tail and whack it hard.”
Footage from the journey (see video at prime) exhibits the crew cheering as Denio fought the fish for about half-hour earlier than lastly tiring it out.
Jackson Denio got down to catch a shark and reeled in an enormous Atlantic halibut as a substitute. (Jill Denio by way of AP)
“He did not let go once,” stated Jim Walsh, the captain of the boat. “He never let anybody else touch the rod.”
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“We looked and went, ‘Oh my God, look what it is,’” Walsh stated.
“It was great,” he added. “We were all ecstatic.”
The fish was formally weighed, photographed after which carved up.
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Denio’s household plans to file an software with the Worldwide Recreation Fish Affiliation below the junior file for Atlantic halibut and below one other class that features all fish.
Denio’s household is submitting the catch with the Worldwide Recreation Fish Affiliation. (Jill Denio by way of AP)
His mom, Jill Denio, stated the household, which is from Hampton, New Hampshire, didn’t know what to assume when her son advised them he might need caught a record-breaking fish.
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Then, they noticed the “monstrosity” of it, she stated. “For a kid his size to be able to bring in a 170-something-pound fish is, you know, pretty awesome.”
Atlantic halibut are the biggest flatfish on the planet and may attain weights of nicely over 600 kilos.
Denio believes his catch is 20 kilos bigger than the prevailing file, and now he’s aiming to beat his private finest.
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“It makes me want to keep fishing even more and try and beat the record if I can,” he stated.
The Related Press contributed reporting.
