This was the second grander in two days for the fishermen operating out of Kaneohe, Oahu. This time it was Capt. Lee Gonsalves who found the brute while trolling aboard the EKENA ELUA 15 miles outside of Laie.
Capt. Darral Conklin was at the helm of the MAGGIE JOE when they ran over a monster marlin during a birthday cruise for angler Ron Foo. Foo and his friends Mark Tarone, Mike Koyle, Braden Edwards, Jay Bloom and Danny Epstein kept the pressure on the fish for the next 71/2 hours. This was Kewalo Basins largest marlin since the COREENE-C's 1805-lb blue on 6/10/71.