NAME: Andrea Kawabata
FISH: Moana Kali
WEIGHT: 4.12 lb.
LOCATION: Puna, Big Island
DATE: 2/17/08
WEAPON: Amirite Venom 105cm
FROM: Shore

Rick and Angela surprised me with a brand new 105 cm Aimrite Venom at the Tokunaga’s Expo. I was trying to get used to the new safety mechanism on the handle, so I decided to hang up my Beuchat and get some dives in. My partner Chris Ragasa and I went to Puna and before we jumped in I told him that I had a good feeling about the dive that morning. After jumping in, I hooked up my gun to my tag line (which I don’t normally do), thinking that I’d shoot my first Ulua that day and swam off. Everytime I made a dive, I felt as if the fish were very wary about something. I figured it had to be my tag line so I unclipped it and anchored my float. Not long after, I spotted a couple of Kalis. The larger one was either hunting or showing off to his comrade and the other was cruising. I made a drop to the side of them and scratched some rocks. After starting to swim away, the larger Kali turned around and swam straight towards me. It came in so close straight on that I had to wait for the fish to turn as it swam away. I took a shot (looks like a bad one) and went up with my fish.

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