Its Not Captains Courageous or The Old Man And The Sea

[WesleyMitchell]

cant remember the name of the movie, what its about, or who's in it.  i can only remember a scene from the movie.  its an older movie, probably made in the late 70's or early 80's.  the scene takes place on a fishing boat (similiar to the one in Jaws).  an older man and a young boy(say 12) are the only ones aboard the boat.  the boy is sitting in a chair with a deep sea pole, fishing.  the boy hooks a huge fish(i think a sailfish or a marlin).  the boy fights the fish for hours with the guidance and help of the old man, but eventually loses the fish.  the boy colllapses in tears and exhaustion.  what a great scene.  would love to watch the movie with my adult eyes, please help...

[RCMerchant]

Maybe BLUE FIN (1978)?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077249/?ref_=kw_li_i

[ER]

1977's Islands in the Stream?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islands_in_the_Stream

[ER]

Well shoot, now I may never know if I was right. It was my one shot at sounding smart about a movie....