3-24-09
Holy crap! We caught 2 sailfish today! As soon as one was hooked, Dillon grabbed the pole and fed it some line. After five seconds, he was told to pull up, then point the pole down and quickly reel in. As Dillon was reeling the giant fish in, it thrashed and jumped wildly. The fish was so strong that we had to drive the boat towards him. As soon as he was close enough, the fishing guide reached down and grabbed the sharp pole that stuck off the fish's nose. The guide lifted him in the boat, and Dillon calmly held a a seven-foot long, 170 pound fish.
After that it was time to go. We started reeling all the lines in. The end of Dillon's line was almost touching the boat when he yelled, "There's one on my line!" The sailfish was hooked right near the boat. Dillon handed me the pole (since he reeled in the last one), and I struggled to bring it in. This fish gave me a more difficult time than Dillon's. I reeled it in right up next to the boat, and the line broke. We were planning on releasing him anyway, so the guide said that we did a perfect release:)
