Fished it the last 6 years with a good friend that runs a boat over there - its a well run fun tournament - not too serious - but you can win some bucks.
Be sure to get in the big dailies if your confident - we won the tuna jackpot and dailies 3 out of the 6 years. All it takes is 1 BIG fish in Kona. Here's a tip - catch a big aku and pull it off the ledge.
I'm going out on Anxious, fished with them in December and had a great time. This will be my first salt tourney, looking forward to it. As far as the dailies, already talked about it with Neal, done deal.