Posted on: Friday, June 17, 2005
CATCH OF THE DAY
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He was spearfishing with two friends and had to battle with his catch for a half-hour.
"It was 80 feet down ... he broke the reel off my spear gun," Umiamaka said. "He pulled me under, (and) I tried to pull him out."
Eventually, Umiamaka got close enough to use his knife.
"It was back and forth," Umiamaka said. "He pulled me 20, 30 feet under then I paddled back up for air."
So what does one do with such a fish? "I gave it to friends in Minali'i fishing village, in Kona," Umiamaka said.
Umiamaka's previous best catch was 40 pounds.
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Robert Umiamaka, of Kane'ohe, caught this 112-pound ulua off the coast of Kailua, Kona, in March.
