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Tom Cruise’s son battled a 301-pound grouper in Florida. Who won the contest?

Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is not the only action star in the family.

His son Connor (mom is the actor’s ex-wife, Nicole Kidman) showed off a hefty catch the other day.

Yes, the big screen icon’s 27-year-old son is quite the fisherman.

Over the weekend, Cruise the Younger was out on the southwest coast of Florida, and snagged a gargantuan Warsaw Grouper. His 301-pounder won the grand prize in the Sarasota Slam annual tournament at Marina Jack.

On Instagram, Connor Cruise posted a video of the monster hanging by a hook on a dock.

“301!” the announcer yells into the microphone at the Saturday’s weighing in ceremony to cheers.

“Got it done yesterday with the boys,” read the caption.

DJ Nervo piped in saying she felt sorry for the fish, and Cruise wrote her back saying not to worry, but that the grouper went to charity, and became a meal for a lot of people.

Cruise later followed up with a post from Fillet For Friends, a nonprofit “providing a solution for us all to combat food insecurity in a food insecure world.”

The group wrote that local people in need got a huge seafood meal, thanks to Cruise and other anglers. Among the hashtags #reelsonwheels.

Madeleine Marr
Miami Herald
Celebrity/real time news reporter Madeleine Marr has been with The Miami Herald since 2003. She has covered such features as travel, fashion and food. In 2007, she helped launch the newspaper’s daily People Page, attending red carpet events, awards ceremonies and press junkets; interviewing some of the biggest names in show business; and hosting her own online show. She is originally from New York City.
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