A 62-pound golden tilefish that might be a Maryland record nearly jerked an angler out of his boat when the fish bit.

Steve Doctor says he was fishing with boat captain Chris Mizurak about 60 miles off the coast of his hometown, Ocean City, near the Baltimore Canyon.

Tilefish live in holes on the seafloor and, when the fish bit Thursday, Doctor says he had to pull the fish up quickly so it didn't go back in. He says the 62-pounder nearly pulled him off the boat and it took 20 minutes for him to reel it in.

He'd been fishing for three days aboard The Angler when he made the catch, his first tilefish and if the state approves it, his first record-setter.

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Information from: The (Salisbury, Md.) Daily Times, http://www.delmarvanow.com/