January 18th was a banner day in Kona, with many enormous marlin being caught and released by the fleet. It was also the birthday of Captain Dan Holt’s father, Bobby Ferreira, who passed away a number of years ago and now celebrates his birthdays in heaven.
Captain Dan, a popular Kona skipper was taking Bill and Sue Weadock of Ann Arbor, Michigan fishing with his deckhand, Sawyer Slattery. Sawyer had fished with the Weadocks back in May of 2021, and was excited to see them again. The Weadocks are an adventuresome couple and were about to have the adventure of a life time.
Captain Dan was skippering John Bennett’s Sea Baby III, a 34-foot sport fishing vessel hand built by the legendary Hawaii boat builder, Teruo Funai. Sawyer wisely reminded them that it was a “fishing” day, not necessarily a “catching” day, but he and Dan would do their best to put on a good show and at least catch something to eat. The last time they fished together the
