Well first thing is I kept pulling the hook away until he was tired out. I know if someone pulled my steak away from me several times, I'd be pissed too.
2nd, as I was fighting him....what little he had left, I kept him in the water until a large pike nipped at this tail.
3rd, pulled him out of the water, then, put him back and pulled him away from the same pike as it lunged.
And lastly, and this probably pushed him over the edge, I said "Hey, the ocean called, and they are running out of you..."