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Catching a big one

August 08, 2018 12:00 am • Last Updated: August 08, 2018 7:37 pm

Alex Thigpen, right, 11, of Huntersville, N.C., braces his body for a big fish as he hooks on to a porgy at the fishing pier at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. Thigpen is on vacation with his family visiting relatives in Cheshire, Conn. (Tim Martin/The Day)
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Alex Thigpen, right, 11, of Huntersville, N.C., braces his body for a big fish as he hooks on to a porgy at the fishing pier at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. Thigpen is on vacation with his family visiting relatives in Cheshire, Conn.

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