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Brandon McGirl caught a 1,116-pound bluefin tuna off the coast of New Hampshire on an overnight fishing trip out of Rye Harbor, breaking the previous state record set in 2013 by over 150 pounds. Despite challenging weather conditions, McGirl reeled in the giant fish after hours of effort, with help from Savage Charters NH captain Jamie Savage. The catch, though impressive, falls short of the national US record of 1,142 pounds and will be sold, potentially fetching high prices internationally while its tail remains as a local trophy.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Saturday, Brandon McGirl went on an overnight fishing trip from Rye Harbor, New Hampshire, aboard the Out of Line, captained by Jamie Savage. Despite tough conditions and initial disappointment, McGirl reeled in a massive fish late into the night. The crew battled the 1,116-pound bluefin tuna for about a mile before securing it. Unable to lift the giant catch onto the boat, they towed it back to shore where its weight was confirmed. This break caught record surpasses the previous state mark set over a decade ago.
Written for “Record Breaking Tuna Catch” on 2026-10-08,
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A New Hampshire fisherman caught the state’s largest bluefin tuna weighing over 1,100 pounds — smashing a record that had stood for more than a decade.
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Brandon McGirl was hoping to reel in anything when he boarded the Out of Line, a Savage Charters NH boat captained by Jamie Savage, on Saturday for an overnight fishing trip out of Rye Harbor on the New Hampshire Seacoast, WMUR reported.
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“It was very difficult conditions to try and fish.
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It was a little bit rougher than we were hoping for,” McGirl told the outlet.
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After hours on the open water — with almost nothing to show for their effort — the crew was gearing up to call it a night when, out of nowhere, McGirl’s reel began clicking.
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“They never come when you expect them to come,” McGirl said.
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The crew chased the fish for about a mile before finally getting it alongside the boat during the grueling struggle.
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With no way to get it on deck, they towed the fish back toward the harbor, where they lifted the beast from the water.
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“We lifted it out of the water and immediately knew it was way bigger than what we thought and bigger than anything either of us had seen before,” Savage said.
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The catch turned out to be a monster bluefin tuna that tipped the scales at 1,116 pounds — more than 150 pounds heavier than the previous New Hampshire record, set in 2013, the outlet reported.
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McGirl could barely believe what they had reeled in.
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“If you tuna fish for long time, to catch a 1,000-pound fish, is, I mean, it’s something that you dream of,” he told the outlet.
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A photo of the catch shows the tuna nearly as long as both men are tall, so big it barely fits in the boat.
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The record-breaking catch even drew congratulations from Gov. Kelly Ayotte the next day.
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“Now THAT is a catch,” Ayotte wrote on Facebook, sharing a link to WMUR’s report.
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The catch also came close to a national mark.
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The largest bluefin tuna on record in US waters weighed 1,142 pounds, 12 ounces, and was caught off Block Island, Rhode Island, by J. Dempsey in September 1981 — about 27 pounds more than McGirl’s fish, according to On The Water.
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The tuna will be sold and could be shipped as far as Japan, but its tail will stay behind at the harbor, a souvenir of the record-setting day, WMUR reported.
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McGirl told Foster’s Daily Democrat that he’ll be paid by check later and doesn’t yet know what the fish will fetch.
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