James+Durkin

Climbing into the boat, I got so excited to start the day.Going out on the glisteningb water, the captain picked out our fish filled spot where we would start the day.After a couple of minutes we got to the spot.Putting some lines into the water, we let the bait trail behind us.As my dad,my two cousins, and two uncles waited for the first bite, I heard gunshots. "What's that noise?" I asked curiously. " It's just the Seal Team 6 base over there, the red flag means they're shooting right now." The captain said in such a blase manor, as if he drove past it every day. Suddenly, I felt something tugging the line. I immediatley tugged back and started to reel in the fish. As I got back to get the fighting belt I realized that the fish was too small to keep as i got him into the boat. During the fight though, he felt about fifty pounds plus. After catching at least twenty of them I got bored and asked the captain to take us to the bigger fish. I thought we were only going to catch fish about ten more pounds then the other fish. But when I heard the drag taking off I immediatley stopped and stared at the line. There was mist coming off the line it was going so fast because it was wet. I ran up to the pole and picked it up as fast as i could. As soon as i got it out of the holster it almost jerked out of my hands and into the ocean. I knew that this beast was way over fifty pounds right away "Whoahhh!" I bellowed,"This thing is really heavy!" A couple of minutes into the fierce showdown the captain had to put the fighting belt on me so i would not lose the pole or the fish. A while later I started to get tired, but i knew that i would not give up. Finally, arms sour i brought the underwater beast into the boat. Tired and out of breath, I felt pride in myself for reeling in this 6 ft, 70 lb monster. A couple of pictures and videos later, we through the shark in the cooler to bring him home and cook him on the grill for dinner. That was the best feeling ever! For me to go out and doing what I love and catching dinner for you and your relatives to eat. Also, for the rest of the vacation, everyone called me hammerhead because of my succesful catch. Now to this day I can never go out into the ocean again without wanting to catch a humongous fish to top my record.