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David Strege

Angler didn’t know he hooked a fish; turns out to be rare catch, record

Fishing deep for swordfish, Jeremiah Elliott made a rare catch off the coast of North Carolina that has been certified as a state record and could become a world record—and he didn’t even know he had hooked up.

Elliott was fishing with his brother Zachary Elliott and two friends on a 30-foot boat some 50 miles offshore, as reported by FOX News and the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries.

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