Maryland man units file with 77-pound long-fin tuna catch

A Maryland man broke an 18-year-old fishing file Tuesday when he reeled in a 77-pound long-fin tuna.

Thomas Bodmer made the catch whereas aboard the constitution Prime Canine, in response to the Maryland Division of Pure Sources.

"Captain Ryan Knapp and First Mate Josh have been getting ready to move again to shore after a gradual fishing day," a launch from the division learn. "In a matter of minutes, three completely different traces went out concurrently."

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The 2 males and Bodmer rushed to select up their rods.

"It was chaos," Bodmer mentioned.

"I might get my fish shut after which it might run again out. It took 25 minutes to get it."

Finally, Bodmer caught the record-setting fish, and the crew knew he had an enormous one.

Nevertheless, they'd no concept it was going to interrupt a file set in 2004, in response to the discharge.

"All these individuals got here out of the woodwork with cameras," Bodmer mentioned.

"I used to be like a deer in headlights."

The burden of the long-fin tuna was made official by the Sundown Marina in Ocean Metropolis, and the Maryland Division of Pure Sources confirmed the outcome.