Wow. What an absolute UNIT of a swordfish we picked up with Josh.

First, the basics. Then, the story.

Josh was incredibly accommodating and personable. He called us a couple of days before to confirm what time we wanted to start and where we wanted to meet. He helped us make plans based on what type of fish we wanted to catch and let me tell you . . . we were not disappointed.

We met up in the morning with Josh and headed out to a depth of about 450ft. Started fishing for some tuna and dolphins. Had a few hits here and there, and then landed a small tuna.

As the morning went on, we kept moving out into deeper waters and found some nice areas where sea birds were circling. Started casting again and landed 2 nice mahi dolphins.

My brother and I were stoked and having a blast. But Captain Josh wanted to give us something a little more exciting.

So we head out to a depth of about 1400ft and start fishing around again.

Out of nowhere, we roll up on a 6ft mako shark that had just finished a fight with the absolute UNIT of a swordfish that you see pictured.

Josh IMMEDIATELY starts circling the damn shark to scare him off. The mako backs off a bit and Josh pulls out two gaffs to lay claim to our giant swordfish.

As soon as we gaffed into the swordfish, we realized it was a BEAST. This thing weighed an easy 500+ lbs.

So we start maneuvering the fish around to the back of the boat to heave it in, as we are doing this, the mako is just watching us, waiting, pissed that we stole his lunch.

After a good 20 minutes of heaving, we secured our catch and headed out, leaving behind a pissed and hungry shark.

Once we got back, Josh stayed late and helped us clean and harvest the meat. We collected an easy 300+ lbs of meat that hadn’t been chomped by the shark. It was INCREDIBLE.

This was an adventure of a lifetime.