"For this particular one we didn't realise how big it was until we saw it jump. As its shoulders erupted out of the water I went, 'Wow, it's a monster'. We were just blown away.
Nicky Sinden with her monster catch, a broadbill swordfish. Photo / Supplied.
"Getting it back to land was an ordeal. The 750 Game King is quite a big boat but it wouldn't fit."
The four people on board could only manage to get the bill, head and shoulders on the back of the boat, leaving the rest of the fish dragging in the water.