Bottom Fish Weight Angler Location Date Seabass, Hawaiian (Hapu'upu'u) 50 lbs David Namahoe Soo South Kona, Hawai'i 4/13/09 David Namahoe Soo was bottomfishing in 85 fathoms of water off South Kona on the Big Island when he got a bite on his aku belly bait. He engaged the Elec-Tra-Mate drive on his Shimano Tiagra reel and raised the fish using 250-lb test PowerPro line. The 50-lb seabass he caught on April 13, 2009 beat the previous state record by 4 lbs.