OBX Offshore - We are using hooks, right?

Went offshore out of Oregon Inlet aboard the Fin Galley.  We started out fast, catching our limit of dolphin rather quickly.  They are a fun fish to catch and put up a better fight than any freshwater fish of comparable size.  I saw a huge Bull Dolphin shadow underneath a weed line we were trolling but by the time I spotted it, it was out of range for me to try to cast to and entice.  I would love to catch one someday.

After catching our limit of dolphin, we began to troll topwater for tuna and billfish.  I drew #4 out of 5, so I wasn't too optimistic about my chances of hooking up with something.  It was an unlucky day to say the least.  The first three got to fight tuna, all of which got off, some after rather long fights.  A good two more hours of trolling went by after my turn came up, and I was in and out of sleep, when all of a sudden I heard alot of commotion and the captain yelling "BILLFISH!".  I was up in the blink of an eye and in the fighting chair.  You could see the bill coming out of the water attacking a bait on top.  Not sure exactly what was done, but the mate casted another rod out, and that's what the fish took.  When I got the rod, there was nothing I could do but watch the fish peel line from the huge Penn reel like it was nothing.  Then, a pretty amazing sight, the fish breached twice and it became clear I had a sailfish on!  But, today was not our day.  After the second breach, the fish got off.  We trolled a little while longer, and finally returned to Oregon Inlet to conclude the day.  One of guys on the boat took some nice pictures of the sailfish in the air, but I never got them through email as promised.