Marthas Vineyard - 10-7 -14 to 10-12-14

[Capt Ahab]

I think the pictures tell it all

What an awesome place - fished the Derby - if you get a chance DO IT!

[Bryan Young]

Nice...Striper?  I think you guys were catching the wrong kind of stripers.   

We have a tuna similar to that in Hawaii.  We call them kawakawa.  I don't know the English name for those little tunas...but they re good eating.

[Capt Ahab]

Nice...Striper?  I think you guys were catching the wrong kind of stripers.   

We have a tuna similar to that in Hawaii.  We call them kawakawa.  I don't know the English name for those little tunas...but they re good eating.

You are probably thinking of Bonito - those are False Albacore and do not eat well at all.

But, they are a blast to catch especially when they are charging bait right at the shoreline - looks like explosions going off!

[Bryan Young]

Per http://www.identicards.com/allaboutsaltwaterfish/species.asp?fish=Kawakawa, it looks to be the same fish.

You have to like a really dark red meat fish, with a real fishy flavor.  I like them best to make a poke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poke_(Hawaii)) and brined, then dried in strips starting at about 1" square by maybe 12" long.

[Aiala]

I rather suspect that it isn't a Kawakawa, which is an Indo-Pacific species, but rather its close cousin, the Little Tunny: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_tunny

In any event, a beautiful fish!   

~A~

[Capt Ahab]

I rather suspect that it isn't a Kawakawa, which is an Indo-Pacific species, but rather its close cousin, the Little Tunny: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_tunny

In any event, a beautiful fish!   

~A~

Correct  - we call them False Albacore usually but another name is little tuny.  They are in the mackerel family and are not tuna at all