Kona’s PHANTOM Caught in the Limelight
Kailua-Kona sits at the crest of a giant sea cliff. Above are the soaring mountain slopes of 8,000-foot Hualalai, yet just beyond the surfline the sea floor falls away into an abyss, a mile deep just a mile offshore. Here the best professional skippers in the United States gather to match their wits and gear with the most difficult-to-catch fish on earth, the Pacific blue marlin. Out there with the pros are folks like you and me, who sometimes just get lucky. That happened on Monday, October 28.
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