giant trevally big fish swam straight toward my outstretched speargun.
It turned and I fired, making a perfect spine shot, paralyzing the fish. Swimming to the surface, I noticed my spear had not fully penetrated the fish so I subdued it on the surface. Halii, attracted by the noise of my gun discharging, yelled,‘ You got it. You got the hundred-pounder!’ With those words in mind I held the fish tightly to me as I swam back to the boat.
Hawaii diver Travis Castillon landed an ulua weighing nearly 156 pounds.
I told my dive partner, Olie Shipp, that today was going to be the day that I shoot a 100 pound ulua. I have been fortunate enough to shoot many uluas in my life, but all have been under 100 pounds.
The guys and I left Lahaina Harbor around 6:00 am, headed to the buoys outside of Lana’ i. A huge group of dolphins beat us to the buoys and had scared away all the fish. It
Left: Travis Kashiwa proudly displays his worldrecord, a 144-pound, Hawaiian ulua.
Photo by Sterling Kaya
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