John had met Jesus the first time in just this way, so he didn't need the sun to see the Light. Peter threw on his shirt, dove in and swam the 100 yards to the shore. Perhaps more accurately, you've got to love his love. Jesus had already started to grill breakfast with a few fish on a charcoal fire and some bread warming alongside, but He asked them to bring a few more from the fresh catch. Peter helped drag the net onto the shore and then they all ate breakfast.
Numbers are sometimes significant in the Scriptures.
This story and its sequel have several possibilities. The frequent symbolical use of the number seven jumps to mind. Such people are probably not fishermen. At the same time, it has been suggested that the known number of species of fish at our story's location and date was 153. God's net lands every variety, color, nation and race of humanity.