BARNSTABLE – You may hear the thrill in Lola Crisp’s voice as she and her crew reeled in an enormous bluefin tuna. “It was 591 kilos and 104 inches,” Lola mentioned.
The catch was the heaviest of the day and landed the crew in first place within the Cape Cod Bay Tuna Event held on Sunday.
“I used to be very excited,” Lola mentioned.
On the younger age of 13, Lola is now the youngest individual ever to win the event. She credit her crew and particularly her dad who taught her the whole lot she is aware of about fishing.
“We’ve got to have one individual driving the boat and one individual on the rod after which as soon as the fish comes as much as the floor, we rig a harpoon,” Lola mentioned.
“It was the proper crew, the proper state of affairs,” mentioned Ronald Crisp, Lola’s dad. “Tremendous tough.”
Video of the catch reveals how a lot of a wrestle it was to get the fish onto the boat.
“It took over half a spool of line on the primary run,” Ronald mentioned.
“Dad calls it managed chaos,” Lola mentioned. “It is laborious for me as a result of I am smaller. So, I’ve to be above the rod to have the ability to transfer my arm.”
The industrial tuna event itself is a large group occasion steeped in Barnstable Harbor historical past, however this was the primary time that they had it in practically 30 years.
“We’re bringing one thing again to the group that is historic,” mentioned Carla Sullivan, the event director. “There have been girls within the 40s and 50s and 60s that had been catching championship fish. It is superb to see this type of circle again with Lola and her crew.”
Now this crew is a part of Barnstable historical past.
“It is the entire crew, you possibly can’t do it with out everybody,” Ronald mentioned.
“It was expertise,” Lola mentioned. “I preferred working with family and friends.”
Lola says this complete expertise taught her loads about teamwork and the significance of preparation. When she grows up, she hopes someday to turn into a marine biologist.
