Take Me Back Tuesday: Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament comes to a dramatic end in 1998

Crewmen of the sportfisher Tara and members of the Mauna Kea Sports Fishing Club of Japan secure a raging 697-pound Pacific blue marlin after a 35-minute battle with angler Kohei Ushimura, upper left corner, at the 1998 Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament. (Michael Darden/West Hawaii Today File Photo)

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