A little girl set a new state fishing record this summer for catching a very big fish.
Emma Zajdel, 9, caught the 94.6-pound cobia just east of Assateague Island on June 30. The state Department of Natural Resources reported the catch in early July, and said the catch was likely to become a new International Game Fish Association Small Fry World Record for a fish caught by an angler under the age of 10.
Emma told DNR that she thought she'd captured a shark at first. It took her 20 minutes to reel the cobia in, and her father and a friend of his helped to secure it into the fish box on their boat.
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The fish was 66.5 inches long. Emma stood at 52 inches when she captured it.
Many congratulations to her!
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