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It’s official: A 15-year-old girl who caught a 101.11-pound blue catfish has become the new Ohio state record holder for the species.
“I started crying,” teen Jaylynn Parker told Fox News Digital. “My mom started crying, too. We’re just super excited.”
“I’m very proud of myself that I did that,” she added.
TEEN MAY HAVE SET OHIO FISHING RECORD FOR 101-POUND BLUE CATFISH: ‘BIGGER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED’
“I still haven’t fully comprehended that I’m now the state record holder.”
Parker of New Richmond caught the blue catfish on April 7 on Twelve Mile Creek, a tributary of the Ohio River.
Jaylynn Parker, 15, of New Richmond, Ohio, shows off her blue catfish, caught in the Ohio River on April 7. The fish weighed over 101 pounds. (Kristen Parker)
The fish was legally caught on a jug line.
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“He was bigger than we ever imagined,” Parker, a sophomore at New Richmond High School, told Fox News Digital one week…
