On Saturday, 165 anglers, 14 years old and younger, competed in the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club's Annual Kids' Fishing Tournament in Red Hook on St. Thomas.

Mere minutes before the noon line's out time in the tournament, 13-year-old Earl Questel came running to the weigh station set up at IGY's American Yacht Harbor Marina with what was said to be a "whopper." Professionals from the Department of Planning & Natural Resources Fish & Wildlife Division weighed the Tarpon at 3690 grams (8.1 pounds), according to the press release.

"It was there swimming in a school by the dock," said Questel, who earned first place in the tournament for the biggest fish by weight. "It came to my bait, and I caught it." The tournament was free to junior anglers and promoted the sport and life skills of recreational fishing and catch-and-release conservation, the press release stated.