Posted on 4:43 am, Monday, July 26, 2010. Tags: billfish, hibt, kona
Anglers from around the world will once again gather in Kona, Hawaii for the 51st annual Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament (HIBT). An unforgettable week of deep-sea fishing excitement await as teams fish the near-perfect Kona Coast for five days in search of a prized Pacific blue marlin and a chance of capturing the HIBT’s prestigious […]
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Posted on 2:09 am, Thursday, April 30, 2009. Tags: billfish, hawaiian international billfish tournament, peter fithian
MEDIA RELEASE It was 1959. Peter Fithian, Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament founder, remembers being in his car, having just finished a meeting when he heard on the car radio Hawaii had become the 50th State. Ask him what draws him back to that time and Fithian will say he was launching the idea of the […]
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