The Morgans and a family friend were fishing at high tide at Fisherman's Beach Sunday when the friend caught a flounder.
It was the first flounder Nicholas Capra, 11, ever caught.
The flat fish put up a bit of a fight but Nicholas reeled it in.
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He was using a spinning reel and was fishing with a single hook baited with sea worm.
A sinker kept his hook on the bottom where the flounder hang out and feed.
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Nicholas said he would be feeding on the flounder for supper.
Nicholas was fishing with his friend Richie Morgan, also a fifth grader, and Richie's mom and dad.
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