Girl catches Wahoo bigger than self in Cabo San Lucas

Pictured above are 15 year old Sara Hayward and siblings, crowding around a Wahoo that Sara caught off Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. The fish weighs a whopping 184 pounds. That's not just 30 pounds more than the record, that's 50 pounds more than she herself weighs.

Let's join Minerva Saenz of Minerva's Baja Tackle on this gripping second or third hand report:

...They boarded the Pez Espada with Capt. Gerry at the wheel and Marcos Gonzalez as the deckhand.

Gerry told them, "Trust me, I'm 67 years old and have been fishing these waters for a living since I was 18 years old. I know where to take you."

He immediately headed toward the 95 spot. This spot is approximately 10 miles southeast of the arch. They hadn't even reached the 95 spot when they landed a few small yellowfin tunas!

It was approximately 11:54 a.m. when they decided to head home and were approximately 5 miles from the arch of Cabo San Lucas. They were trolling several lures when all of a sudden the sweet sound of "hookup" rang out!

...Sara said she didn't seem to be making any headway, but Gerry knew he was coming! The fight had lasted 45 minutes when Sara noticed that the fish swam towards the boat and under. Gerry immediately repositioned the boat to keep her in front of the fish. She looked over her shoulder and could see him right next to the boat in the water and screamed, "He's big!"

She had screamed at the same time that the deckhand and the captain were screaming.

The deckhand screamed for Gerry, "It's the biggest wahoo I have ever seen! Come down and help me!"...

Florida Sportsman informs us that this "fish could sweep three IGFA world records". Even the MSM weighs in with Teen girl hauls in record wahoo

The Daily Sentinel juices up the dramatic tale even more:

"The fish just took off and the reel started screaming," Sara said. "I jumped in the fighting chair and the deck hand reeled in the rest of the lines to get them out of the way."

The next 45 minutes were brutally draining as the 130-pound volleyball forward wrestled a piscatorial giant with blistering speed and hulk power...

There's an even bigger version of the picture above here, and another here.

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