Today was the first day of the Tag And Release Tournament.We had the host of the event Ken Corday on board. Ken took off from his busy schedule producing the show Day of Our Lives to fish with 4 of his friends here in Kona. He and 4 of his buddies switch boats everyday for the 5 day tournament. The Northern Lights, the Humdinger, the Ihu Nui, the Pacific Blue and the Chiripa rounded out the field of boats the anglers will fish on this week. It was good to see Ken again this year. We talked about the 2 granders we had caught in Madeira the hay day of fishing we had there and cught Mat up to date on our history together. I told Mat to get the grander tube that Ken caught his second grander on in his honor and put it out. No more that 30 minutes passed and I couldn’t believe it we hooked a great fish. After a tough fight we took the fish in due to the 300 pound minimum. It would be close but it made the mark and gave us 334 points for the first day. Good start!
