(CNN) A 9-year-old girl has set a new state record by reeling in a massive 94.6-pound fish.

It took 20 minutes for Emma Zajdel to bring in the record-breaking cobia that weighs more than she does, and towers over her at 66.5 inches long.

Emma Zajdel's catch has broken the Maryland cobia record.

Father-daughter pair Emma and Ed Zajdel were joined by friends for a day of fishing on the waters of Little Gull Shoals, near Maryland's Assateague Island, on June 30th.

Minutes after Emma set her hook and cast it into the water, the line went tight.

"I kept the boat in gear and followed the fish at a 45-degree angle to keep the line tight and Emma settled," Ed told Maryland Department of Natural resources.

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