VIDEO: 9-year-old girl reels in 94.6 pound fish

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SALISBURY, Md. (AP) – A 9-year-old girl has caught a fish a lot bigger than her. Emma Zajdel has set a new Maryland fishing record after catching a 94.6-pound cobia.

Emma says she had to struggle for about 20 minutes to reel in the big fish. The fish was about five and a-half feet long. The Daily Times of Salisbury reports that’s more than a foot longer than Emma is tall.

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