Fishing for tuna

“I went Blue Fin Tuna fishing with a friend on his boat. This was my friend Mike’s second time fishing for tuna and my first. [...] We got a late start on Saturday. We arrived at the South West corner of Stellwagon bank (several miles north of Provincetown) not much before noon. There were approximately some 20 other boats anchored in the area all fishing for Tuna. We picked our spot and put out 300 feet of anchor line to hold us in 120 feet of water. The wind was strong at this time and the water a bit rough, but the sights around us were incredible. There were seagulls diving for fish, at least two species of whales surfacing, jumping and breaching all around us ( something I've never seen before) . [...] At about 12:30 line number two started to scream. At first we were stunned, then we went into action and a bit of chaos. Mike takes initial control of the reel. I start pulling in the other line and getting the other 6 or so regular fishing poles out of the way. The line is still tearing out wildly, the pole is swiveling first to the right then to the left then to the front of the boat near the anchor line. Mike tightens up on the drag and the massive pole starts bending down toward the water, the stern of the boat (22 ft and very heavy) begins to get pulled in the direction of the fish.”