I've heard it said about long battles like that:
In the first hour you pray your knots will hold.
In the second hour you wish your knots will hold.
In the third hour you wonder if your knowts will hold.
In the fourth+ hours you hope your knots don't hold!
ps- Where is this tourney going on?
pps- I read yesterday on a West Coast board that a 700-something pound swordfish was taken on 80# line in New Zealand very recently and is a pending line class record. It was taken at night trolling a lure.