This huge fish will beat the current Mississippi state record by just more than 1 pound.
Don hooked the fish in around 180 feet of water, and then fought the fish for only 30 minutes before bringing it into the boat.
The crew put the fish on ice for the trip back to the marina where a representative from the "Mississippi Department of Natural Resource"s documented
Don and the boat crew weighed the fish at around 140 pounds but simply lost some of its weight during the nearly 7 hour boat ride.