Tuna Weight Angler Location Date Striped Bonito 10.61 lbs Noriyuki Matsushita Kona, Hawai'i 2/7/99 Visiting angler Noriyuki Matsushita of Japan scored the Hawai'i state record striped bonito while deep-jigging near the Big Island of Hawai'i on February 7, 1999 with Capt. Jeff Rogers on the K-IX. His fish weighed 10 lbs 9 oz.