Proud angler shows off record-breaking 600 pound swordfish after battling beast for more than five hours

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The swordfish measured 14 feet in total length. It was 10 feet from the lower jaw to the fork of the tail and had a 4-foot bill.

Published: 17:16 GMT, 15 November 2026 | Updated: 17:39 GMT, 15 November 2026

A proud angler battled a massive swordfish for more than five hours before bringing his prized possession home in New Jersey.

Eric McDowell went out fishing with three crew members on November 4 to Tom’s Canyon, about 85 miles off Ocean City.

The men started their trip around 3.30am on McDowell’s 37-foot powerboat Valhalla, named Premium Time.

Around 11.30am, a swordfish took their bait, which started their more than five-hour-long fight to get the fish out of the water.

‘Those things are probably the strongest fish in the ocean,’ McDowell told Ocean City Sentinel.

‘I’ve been able to catch probably 1,000-pound bluefin tuna and blue marlin in excess of 500 pounds, but this is probably the strongest fish.'

The fish measured 14 feet in total length. It was 10 feet from the lower jaw to the fork of the tail and had a 4-foot bill.

Dan Pettit, who works at McDowell’s insurance firm, told NJ.com that the 622.5-pound swordfish they got to the Ocean City Yacht Club dock was a ‘catch of a lifetime.'

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