Hawaiian free diver Kimi Werner unseated Californian Amanda Ernst as the women’s national spearfishing champion Thursday in Newport.
Werner, 28, shot three tautog and two striped bass — including a 33-pounder — during the U.S. National Spear Fishing Championship at King’s Beach. A native of Maui now living on Oahu, Werner said the water off Newport was murky, compared with her home waters, but it was clearer than she had expected.
Nonetheless, she used a 90-centimeter gun instead of her usual 75-centimeter gun because of limited visibility, she said. She fished off Land’s End, where the current and breeze were milder than what she is accustomed to.
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