A York County family experienced the catch of a lifetime while on vacation in Florida, reeling in an almost 500-pound swordfish.”It was just a mood of adrenaline that we actually landed a fish that size,” Evva Ream, Coen’s mom, said.Trip to celebrate graduation High school senior Coen’s love of fishing led the Ream family to Florida to celebrate his upcoming graduation. The catch of the trip was certainly unexpected, but the Ream family said it is an experience they will never forget.”I’ve been fishing my whole life, ever since I was little. My dad would take me out fishing just around here, and I just fell in love with it,” Coen Reams said.Several fishing charters were on the agenda for the trip, though the teen never guessed the catch of a lifetime would be on the horizon.”We’re supposed to head back in at 3:00, but the captain said we would do one last drift, and we did. And right at the end of that drift, we hooked into this massive fish,” Coen said.That fish weighed in at a whopping 480 pounds.”I was speechless. I didn’t know what to think of it. It was like the biggest fish I’ve ever seen up close like that. And I did not know how we were getting it on the boat,” Coen said.Five hours and several people to reel in the fish The humongous swordfish took five hours and several people to reel in.”And the boat was rocking back and forth, so the fish was like, when it would come out of the water would get heavier, and when it was in, the water was lighter,” Coen said. “When we were done fighting it, and it was up on the boat, it was just a huge sigh of relief that we finally had it.”The almost 500-pound swordfish was the biggest fish the Ream family had ever seen. “The captain was joking that we were going to catch a 500-pound fish before we left the dock, and I really don’t think he realized that was going to actually happen that time,” Evva said. Florida community shows up for moral supportThe community was waiting to see the catch of a lifetime when the boat returned to shore.”We could hear the cheers from everybody. It felt like it meant as much to that community as it really did to the captain, to me and our family,” Evva said.It would have been difficult to try to get it on a plane back to York County, so the family had a better idea.”We ate some that night for dinner, and we donated the rest to the people of the community that showed up in all of that excitement. And it fed about 50 plus families that night,” Evva said.The trip was to celebrate Coen’s graduation, but the experience turned into so much more.”We thought that going to the Florida Keys and doing some different types of fishing charters down there would be a great experience and make a memory that would last a lifetime. And it really did,” Evva said.

, Fla. —

A York County family experienced the catch of a lifetime while on vacation in Florida, reeling in an almost 500-pound swordfish.

“It was just a mood of adrenaline that we actually landed a fish that size,” Evva Ream, Coen’s mom, said.

Trip to celebrate graduation

High school senior Coen’s love of fishing led the Ream family to Florida to celebrate his upcoming graduation. The catch of the trip was certainly unexpected, but the Ream family said it is an experience they will never forget.

“I’ve been fishing my whole life, ever since I was little. My dad would take me out fishing just around here, and I just fell in love with it,” Coen Reams said.

Several fishing charters were on the agenda for the trip, though the teen never guessed the catch of a lifetime would be on the horizon.

“We’re supposed to head back in at 3:00, but the captain said we would do one last drift, and we did. And right at the end of that drift, we hooked into this massive fish,” Coen said.

That fish weighed in at a whopping 480 pounds.

“I was speechless. I didn’t know what to think of it. It was like the biggest fish I’ve ever seen up close like that. And I did not know how we were getting it on the boat,” Coen said.

Five hours and several people to reel in the fish

The humongous swordfish took five hours and several people to reel in.

“And the boat was rocking back and forth, so the fish was like, when it would come out of the water would get heavier, and when it was in, the water was lighter,” Coen said. “When we were done fighting it, and it was up on the boat, it was just a huge sigh of relief that we finally had it.”

The almost 500-pound swordfish was the biggest fish the Ream family had ever seen.

“The captain was joking that we were going to catch a 500-pound fish before we left the dock, and I really don’t think he realized that was going to actually happen that time,” Evva said.

Florida community shows up for moral support

The community was waiting to see the catch of a lifetime when the boat returned to shore.

“We could hear the cheers from everybody. It felt like it meant as much to that community as it really did to the captain, to me and our family,” Evva said.

It would have been difficult to try to get it on a plane back to York County, so the family had a better idea.

“We ate some that night for dinner, and we donated the rest to the people of the community that showed up in all of that excitement. And it fed about 50 plus families that night,” Evva said.

The trip was to celebrate Coen’s graduation, but the experience turned into so much more.

“We thought that going to the Florida Keys and doing some different types of fishing charters down there would be a great experience and make a memory that would last a lifetime. And it really did,” Evva said.