The International Fish and Game Association (IFGA) is in the process of determining if a 13-year-old from Hampton, New Hampshire caught a record-setting halibut. Jackson Denio reeled in the 177-pound fish all by himself and it just may be the largest North Atlantic halibut ever landed by someone under 16 years old.

13-year-old catches 177-pound fish

"I didn't want anybody touching the rod. I wanted to do it myself," laughed Denio. "Thirty seconds into the fight it started to fight like a halibut."

"Even some young adults that age when they hook up on a fish like that, they usually pass the rod off," said Captain Jim Walsh, who was there when the fish was caught. "Everyone was coaching him on, and he fought that thing to the end."

Walsh is with Al Gauron Deep Sea Fishing out of Hampton

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