What in the world! 5-year-old boy hooks massive 300-pound sunfish at Jersey Shore

A viewer named Kelly tells News 12 her 5-year-old son threw a crab line, with no bait and just a sinker, into a lagoon in Lavallette – and hooked a 300-pound sunfish.

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Oct 14, 2019, 7:51 AM

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