Nice.It's great you put it in words to be able to look back on. All the little details usually fade with time. I felt like I was fighting that fish reading that story.
There's no better feeling of the final triumph when the fish is is hoisted securely out of the water, especially after a battle like the one you described.
I recently was picked as a finalist in a contest that asked to describe your dream. I submitted a story that closely mirrors your epic catch but I only had 500 spaces to tell my story and had to be very breif.
Anyways thanks for your story...it's a classic