# @outdoor_life on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DM5M06hNpoY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33390429-outdoor-life-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-03T13:00:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Outdoor Life (@outdoor_life) — https://gondola.cc/outdoor_life

## Caption

Jody Hopkins and his son Oden were fishing 33 miles from Ocracoke Island off North Carolina’s Outer Banks on July 13.⁠
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That day, Jody caught a long channel scabbardfish, a strange-looking and silvery fish that he says fought remarkably well. The lengthy and shiny scabbardfish looks a lot like the more common cutlassfish but can only found in extremely deep water. Jody’s channel scabbardfish weighed 7-pounds, 3.2-ounces and measured 60 inches long with a 10.25-inch girth. Later on in their day, Oden caught a smaller, but brightly red colored spinycheek scorpionfish. Another unusual deep-water species, they look much like a grouper, only their spines are believed to be venomous. Oden’s spinycheek scorpionfish is a giant for the species, weighing 4 pounds 6 ounces. The two species are so unusual that the fish have been donated to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.⁠
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#fishing #fishingtrip #fishingseason #deepseafishing #offshorefishing #northcarolina #outerbanks #outdoors #outdoorlife⁠
📷: North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries⁠
Story by: Bob McNally

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