PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Sea monsters do exist. Just ask Jennifer Cameron.
On April 16, the Stuart, Florida, angler caught the largest swordfish of her fishing career, weighing in a giant that tipped the scales at 436 pounds.
Catching a nearly quarter-ton brute like a swordfish is a challenge in and of itself. Doing so while struggling with a 102-degree temperature is something else completely.
"I wasn't feeling that good that day, a day after I received my second Moderna vaccination" for COVID-19, she told TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers, part of the USA TODAY Network. "But we needed to catch a fish, so I went along. After we boated it, I could feel my fever, went into the cabin and wrapped up in a blanket and slept on the boat ride all the way back into the marina."