Good fun fishing

Brad Hiranaka, president and commissioner for Kauai Youth Football, said the motivation for holding the KYF second Shoreline Fishing Contest was the lack of good fishing contests.

KYF hosted the contest at the behest of local fishermen who confided in Hiranaka that there weren’t enough shoreline fishing contests on the island. This year’s copntest concluded with the weigh in Sunday at Nawiliwili Park with the help of community volunteers.

Lawai Dickens pocketed the purse for the largest ulua, at 58.2 pounds, and Michael Valmoja was a double winner, claiming top honors with a six-pound oio and a kahala that topped 11.7 pounds.

The James Javinar ohana was another winning group, with father James topping the others five pounds and les category with with a 4.8-pound nenue. His son, Jonah was the keiki division winner in the others five pounds and over category with a nenue that weighed in exactly at 5 pounds, and son Sage was the keiki winner in the others five pounds and under class with a nenue that scaled in at 4.8 pounds.

Sponsors for the tournament included Cosco Air Conditioning &Refrigeration, Troy’s, Bamboo Grill Triple B’s, Lihue Fishing Supply, Pacific Concrete Cutting &Coring, Pono Market, Cummings Family Trucking, Girard’s Quality Cleaners, Rob’s Good Times Grill, Sign Art, Cushnie Construction Co., Gather Federal Credit Union, Rainbow Paint &Fishing Supply and Island Temptations.