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A 12-year-old girl hauled in a 616-pound bluefin tuna

Jenna Gavin is a 12-year-old girl who set a world record when she hauled in a 616-pound bluefin tuna off the coast of Nova Scotia.

It took her two hours to haul in the massive fish, and her parents had to leave her alone for the record to stand.

“Jenna would agree that it was a difficult fish to catch, the last part of the fight was very hard, her legs were starting to shake and she was getting a bit teary,” said her mother in an interview. “I encouraged her through the whole fight, I promised her an iPad mini if she didn’t give up and I told her to get mad and drag him up and she did.”

The old iPad mini promise. Such a strong move.

My colleagues saw this video and immediately called shenanigans, saying there’s no way a girl that small hauled in a fish that big, but I actually think this is legit. My dad was a professional giant tuna fisherman (seriously) and he hauled in bluefins nearly twice that size, and he’s not a big guy.

It’s not like the 12-year-old Gavin would be yanking on the fish the entire time — she’d let it run, reel in, let it run, reel in, just like any other fisherman. If you have the patience, and an iPad mini on the way, you too could catch a fish that big.

Which isn’t to diminish what Gavin did, of course. That’s an incredible fish for a person so small.

(Thanks to The Daily Mail for sharing.)

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