Florida boat captain, vacationing family reel in nearly 500-pound swordfish in the Florida Keys

FLORIDA KEYS, Fla. —

A nearly 500-pound swordfish was pulled from the waters of the Florida Keys during a charter boat trip.

Captain Jose Rodriguez is from Cape Coral and works as a charter fishing captain in the Florida Keys.

Rodriguez recently brought a Pennsylvania family out on the water, as they were celebrating their son's upcoming high school graduation.

While on the boat, Rodriguez and the family caught a 480-pound swordfish. It took them more than five hours to reel in the almost half-ton fish from the water.

Despite the grueling process, the experience gave Rodriguez and a Midwestern family a trip they'll never forget.

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