Young Man and the Sea: Teen Fishing Off New England Coast Catches Huge Halibut Bigger Than Him

Young Man and the Sea: Teen Fishing Off New England Coast Catches Huge Halibut Bigger Than Him
Jackson Denio stands with a 177-pound halibut he caught Monday on a deep-sea fishing trip in Hampton, N.H., on Sept. 2, 2025. Jill Denio via AP
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HAMPTON, N.H.—A New Hampshire teenager on a deep-sea fishing trip this week hauled in a 177-pound Atlantic halibut, a fish so big that it weighed more than him and could be a world record.

Jackson Denio, a 13-year-old from Hampton, New Hampshire, was fishing about 100 miles off the New England Coast on Cashes Ledge Monday morning when he caught the fish.