They were fishing off a dock at the South Sauty Creek Resort at North Alabama’s sprawling Lake Guntersville. That’s where Parcus battled a better-than-average fish, according to a report from Huntsville’s TV-19.

The heavy fish hit a skipjack herring bait, and when Stephens handed the rod from a dock holder to Parcus, it took 20 minutes for the 10-year-old student to battle the brute of a fish and draw it near the dock.