Maxwell Diegal, 13, first tried fishing about two years ago. Earlier this spring, the seventh-grade North Harford Middle School student was officially recognized by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources as a state record holder for catching a 2.14 pound fallfish in Broad Creek.
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Updated: 1:19 PM EDT Apr 26, 2021 The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recognized a Harford County teenager as a new state record holder for fallfish in the nontidal division.Maxwell Diegel, 13, caught the 2-pound, 14-ounce fallfish on April 19 while fishing in Broad Creek, his local stream. Maxwell was fishing from shore with corn and worms when he snagged his record catch. I knew I had something big when the rod bent in half, Maxwell said in a statement released by the DNR.Maxwell s catch broke the previous state record fallfish of 2 pounds, 7 ounces caught by Adam Aghion in 2019.The fallfish weight was officially certified by Conrad s Crabs and Seafood in Bel Air, and a DNR biologist confirmed the catch.After Maxwell realized he had a new state record, he danced around and did a celebration, and said the catch even led to a summer job opportunity at the seafood market that weighed the fish.The DNR maintains state records for sport fish in four divisions Atl