Washington fisherman catches massive record-breaking mahi mahi

Washington fisherman catches massive record-breaking mahi mahi

Source: Fox News

9/18/2023

Credit: Wade La Fontaine

A Washington angler caught a winner after reeling in a fish that is like "winning the lottery."

Wade La Fontaine, from Camino Island, said he decided to join a charter boat when he was told two extra seats were available late last month.

"It was a really nice day on the way. [The] bar crossing was great," La Fontaine told Fox News Digital.

"[As] soon as we got into about, I don't know, I guess it was about five or six thousand feet of depth, the weather started to pick up and it was starting white cap. It was probably 15 mph winds," he added.

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