MARYLAND – A Cambridge man has broken a 34-year-old Maryland state fishing record in the Atlantic Division for a common dolphinfish or mahi mahi.
According to the Department of Natural Resources, Jeff Wright caught the 72.8-pound fish off the coast of Ocean City, Md.
Wright was aboard a boat above Poor Man’s Canyon practicing with friends for the upcoming White Marlin Open when his rod “went crazy” shortly after noon.
“It literally took 25 minutes to get this in,” Wright said. “I had to play it…