SMALL-FRY CAPE VERDE

Ten-year-old's record quest achieved, pending IGFA approval

- CAPT. JEN COPELAND

Florida's David family keeps producing one professional fisherman after another, and it's no surprise that the youngest would follow in the footsteps of his elder siblings. But Christopher Marlin David isn't doing anything out of the ordinary when you consider his family's background. Fishing is in his blood, and if there's anything we gather from fishermen, it's the full-on capability to be eaten up with it. Call it addiction, obsession or just plain dependence, but you can't escape its hold, even when you're 10 years old.

I can personally attest to Chris' mania because you can't go kite-fishing for sails without him working the rod all day, running around the cockpit like a crazy person with his spinning reel. He's a little producer, no doubt, and very much appreciated for his good-humored tenacity and hard work. And unlike most kids his age, patience is one of his virtues.