Monologue

me, my dad, and my two brothers were set for a two day trip to Islamorada, a tarpon spot roughly 2 hours south of miami. so we started heading out to the islamorada flats, about a half hour drive. we got to the spot and set the baits, and now it was just a waiting game. after an hour of waiting  one of the lines went off and my older brother grabbed the rod. after about ten minutes of fighting we knew it wasnt a tarpon. we got the fish next to the boat, but it wasnt a fish, it was a nice size nurse shark, cool, but still not what we were out there for. so we reset the lines and continued the waiting game. it was 7:50 pm and getting dark. we had ten minutes left until our time was up, and my hopes for the fish of a life time were shrinking. but suddenly one of the reels started spinning out of control and before we cud even grab the rod from the holder, we saw what was the giant on the line jump over a 100 yards from our tiny boat. I stood on the bow of the tiny boat as we chased the monster around and fought like there was no tomorrow. it got to the point where it was pitch black and we had to use a flashlight as our only way to avoid complete darkness. after about a half hour of fighting, the fish surfaced for an instant and we shined our light on it. this wasnt just any tarpon, it was a massive one. the captain estimated atleast 6 feet in length and 150 pounds. after that brief moment the fish returned below the surface and the fight kept going. it was getting close to an hour of fighting and my body was aching but i was determined to beat the fish.  out of nowhere i felt the line on my rod start surging towards the surface, we got the light ready, and suddenly it jumped completely out of the water right infront of us. it was an amazing sight. it jumped several times after that and then dove once again. i was fighting the fish for an hour now and it was either get it in now or head home. i finally got it to the boat with everything i had left and we released the fish successfully.