On the Hot Reels! Way to go guys.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Rhode Island angler Louis DeFusco landed a 434-pound broadbill swordfish at Snug Harbor Marina today. It set a new state record.
He caught the fish aboard the vessel, Hot Reels, Thursday night at Hydrographer Canyon, about 90 miles south of Nantucket, said Elisa Jackman, manager of the marina in South Kingstown.
The fish was 120 pounds heavier than the previous state record swordfish, caught by Web Goodwin in 1964 when swordfish were more abundant.
The world record swordfish weighed 1,182 pounds. It was caught off Iquique, Chile, in 1953 by Lou Marron of Brielle, N.J.
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