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According to WGHP, Lawrence Dillman of Rockaway Beach, New York, hooked the fish Thursday on Bull Shoals Lake.

"I fought the giant for over 45 minutes until I got him to shallow water," he said. "I then bear-hugged the fish and got it out of the water on to the bank."

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