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2 Fitchburg Teens Reel In 800 Pound Tuna – PIC

It was the catch of a lifetime for 18 year-old Jake Hewitt of Fitchburg. He and his friend Max Bogdanovich (a commercial lobsterman and tuna fisherman) reeled in a 112 inch,…

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It was the catch of a lifetime for 18 year-old Jake Hewitt of Fitchburg. He and his friend Max Bogdanovich (a commercial lobsterman and tuna fisherman) reeled in a 112 inch, 800 pound monster blue fin tuna off the coast of Maine on Saturday.

The fish took 2-and-a-half hours to pull in and the two fishermen actually had to transfer to another boat because the beast of a fish was too heavy for 2 people to get up and into the boat.

Just look at this thing. It gives me heavy doses of fishing envy:

Courtesy: Jake Hewitt
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