Thirteen-year-old Rio Oso resident Julian Her caught a 63.7-pound white sea bass while fishing with family on Aug. 10 in Tomales Bay, about 30 miles southwest of Santa Rosa.

When 13-year-old Julian Her returned to school for the first day of class, the Northern California eighth-grader had a thrilling tale to tell about his summer vacation.

Her wrote his name into local fishing lore and potentially the record book as he landed a 63.7-pound white sea bass while on a family trip to Tomales Bay, about 30 miles southwest of Santa Rosa, on Aug. 10.

“I feel like a star,” Her, a student at Riverside Meadows Intermediate School in Plumas Lake, said about his myriad interviews with friends and media alike.

“The thing that’s been cool about catching this fish is so many people come up to you and

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