another check on the bucket list

For the last three years I have had a goal to shoot a yft. I got close the first year when I did a trip to Alijos on the Horizon. I was lined up on a nice one but the trigger mech failed on a borrowed gun. The next year I traveled to p.v. but the water turned over a couple of days before I got there and we couldn't see.
This year was finally the one. Water was blue and warm and the tuna were there. It was an awesome trip with Scott, Jeff, and Alberto. Three days of diving with a great crew. So fun. Everyone on the trip scored. I got lucky with 4 yft. First day of diving I shot a 30lber which was my first yft. Scott promply reminded me that I had made my wife eat the heart of her first wsb, so I had better man up and eat the heart of my first tuna. I am so glad my first fish was only 30lbs. The heart was still large enough that it took quite a while to chew it up and swallow.
My second fish came a little bit later that day and it was about a 65lber. Getting bigger!
After shooting my second fish I was getting a bit more comfortable and doing some deeper drops. On one of the drops I started to come up when a dark shape caught my eye. I swam towards the shape and watched as a monster black Marlin came into view This fish was massive with lots of scars. Weight estimated around 700-800lbs. This thing was amazing.
I went home that day high as a kite knowing that I had finally met my goal of shooting a tuna.
The next day we headed out and Scott brought in the first fish. A solid one around 90lbs. It was so cool to see a healthy size one on the boat. Next was Alberto. I was diving primarily with Alberto and we were doing drops one up one down. At the end of one of my drops a few fish started coming in. I came up and motioned to Alberto that there were fish so dive now!
He dove and shortly after I heard his gun fire. He was on! He also had a nice size fish.
Later on Jeff had his fish but I still had not connected.
The next drift the roles got reversed and I saw Alberto waving and motioning to me that there were fish so dive now! I dove down and was treated to an awesome sight of five or six beautiful fish moving through. I took aim at the largest of the group and let the shaft fly. The shaft slammed into the fish and the fish took off like a scalded cat. It was so satisfying to finally be able to utilize my Tommy Botha board. I was able to get one more that day. Both fish were just under 100lbs