A Maryland doctor is now a Delaware record holder after reeling in a huge catch during a fishing tournament on Monday.
Dr. Luis Mispireta of Stevensville, Maryland was participating in the Delaware Sport Fishing Tournament over the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef, the largest artificial reef on the Atlantic Coast. While on board the charter vessel Katydid about 26 nautical miles from Lewes, Dr. Mispireta caught a black sea bass. As he began to reel it in, a large bluefish suddenly grabbed the sea bass and hooked itself as well.
A struggle ensued until the doctor was finally able to bring the bluefish in. The fish ended up being 43-inches and 24.8 pounds, almost three pounds larger than the previous Delaware record holder, a 21.9 pound bluefish that was caught in 1980.
