Posted on 09/09/2025 11:13:33 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
Jackson Denio almost needed a bigger boat when he hauled in a huge 174-pound Atlantic halibut off the New England coast that he hopes will shatter a world record.
The 13-year-old Hampton boy’s colossal catch came on Labor Day while he and his cousin, Austin Leaver, 14, also of Hampton, were enjoying an overnight fishing trip 75 miles offshore.
“I was insanely happy. I never thought I’d catch something like this,” Jackson said, as he recalled the memorable fishing trip that’s now left him and his family buried in halibut steaks.
The adventure began around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 31, when the two cousins and passionate anglers headed out on a boat operated by Al Gauron Deep Sea Fishing in Hampton.
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Not many fish in the sea taste as good as fresh Halibut steaks! Wow!
Wow! That must weigh three times what he does.
At least he didn’t flounder around!...... 😁
He was just fishing for the halibut . . .
After glancing at the article, I was going to suggest he had some help reeling in the fish. According to this article he fought the fish the whole way to the boat and had plenty of witnesses.
https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/junior-world-record-halibut/
“Good Cod!” he exclaimed as the thing pulled him right off his perch.
like halibut or sea bass
or bream?
Yes!
we haven’t any of that
I’ve got mackerel or cod or hake?
You dont have any thing more halibutish?
I assume his father took him fishing, that’s what all fathers should do spend quality time with their kids.
“ like halibut or sea bass”
I was fishing for sea bass on Sunday. I’m going again this Saturday.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/wealthy-enclaves-sewage-reveals-higher-than-average-cocaine-levels-water
That’s a heck of a haul for anyone. I hooked a 40 pounder here in Alaska-took me almost 30 minutes to haul it up from 400 feet-those rods are built like 1/2-inch rebar for a reason.
Poor kid.
He will be laughed at for the rest of his life.
Spreading his hands out as far as he can, to example how big his fish was folks will only look at the distance between thumb and first finger, and laugh.
He will plead. They will laugh. He will cry in frustration.
And THAT my fellow freeper friends,is why I refuse to fish.
- You have been found guilty by the elders of the town of uttering the name of our Lord. And so, as a blasphemer, you are to be stoned to death.
- Look, I’d had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah.
- Blasphemy! He said it again!
Pan-Seared-Halibut in Lemon-Butter-Sauce
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