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A 13-year-old boy caught a 177-lb. halibut on Sept. 1

Photos 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 catch, and he and his family plan to verify the potential achievement with the International Game Fish Association

A teen from New Hampshire may have just set world fishing records .

Jackson Denio, 13, of Hampton caught a 177-lb. Atlantic halibut while fishing 100 miles off the New England Coast on Monday, Sept. 1, per the Associated Press .

He was on an overnight trip with Al Gauron Deep Sea Fishing and Whale Watching with about 30 other people, and he told the crew that he hoped to catch a shark that day, per the outlet. The crew advised

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