What are the chances?

[tynan19]

Took the boat out to Cape Cod Bay today for some fun with the Wife and Father-in-law. We decided to jig around Billingsgate Shoal in about 40ft of water with wire line. After a few keepers in the 30inch class the fishing slowed. The schools were scatered.

Well we decided to go a little deeper so I let out more backing and after the first bounce I was on. It was my wife's turn so she is reeling it in and you could tell it was a decent fish, with lots of head shakes. After around ten min. the jig shows up at the surface 15ft back with no fish. I was like wtf and she was pissed but the rod was still b#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g. I grabbed the wire and could feel a fish still on. Well I pulled the jig in and it is attached to more wire. Now I start wrapping the wire around my hand. After about 50yrds of wire I finally get the fish complete with a jig in it's mouth and trailing all that wire. It was about a 10lber but reeling it in that way was strange.
So my question is what are the chances that I just happened to bounce that jig at the right time. and I just barely hooked the wire, and the fish was still alive with a jig in it's mouth?
Anyone loose a grey bullethead jig with custom green hairs?