100-plus Weight Angler Location Date Ulua 100 lbs Howard Yoshida Kau Coast, Big Island 09/20/02 Howard Yoshida caught his 100-lb ulua on the Kau Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii while fishing with a 12-foot 6-inch Murata pole, 550 Newell reel and 80-lb test Ande line. He weighed the fish on the Hilo Casting Club's scale.