Nearshore Fish Weight Angler Location Date Flagtail Tilefish 0.09 lb Jim Spencer Kalihiwai, Kauai 06/01/09 Jim Spencer was fishing with a damashi in 16 fathoms of water about 1/4 mile off Kalihiwai, Kauai when he caught this unusual fish. The flagtail sandtilefish usually resides in a burrow that it digs under a rock in a sand-rubble area near the reef.