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Don't care much for mackerel – favorite Hawaiian fish was Parrot fish,
stuffed w/ green onions, chorizo and mayo, then wrapped in leaves and foil
and cooked on the grill. Yum!

More on Wahoo – from
http://www.thaifishingguide.com/fishtechequip/fish/saltwaterfish/wahoo.html
Other common names:
Jack Mackerel.
Peto.
Ono (Hawaii).

Identification:
Upper body dark blue or electric blue with waved stripes. Lower body silver.
Overshot lower jaw.
Maxilla (jaw hinge) not visible.
Dorsal fin curved and highest at rear.
Razor sharp teeth.

Temperature range:
21 – 30 Celsius (70 – 86 Fahrenheit).

Typical location:
Reefs where warm current is running close inshore.
In open ocean around bait fish, logs and current lines.
Over deep reefs and holes on the sea bed.

Fishing methods:
Trolling lures, minnows or feather lures close to reefs.
Trolling strip bait, often in combination with plastic squid.
Drifting live bait mullet, yellowtail scad or mackerel.
Fighting characteristics:
A very fast surface run (Recorded 96 km/h), often followed by shorter runs
in mid water.

and http://www.rodnreel.com/wahoo.htm
*WAHOO*

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I too was surprised that the Wahoo (which I'd never heard of) was actually
the famous Ono (that I remember fondly).

Not so surprised that the Wahoo (or it's cousins) are found in both the
Atlantic and the Pacific. Border control in the ocean is notoriously
difficult to enforce.

Least surprised that the Wahoo is a mackerel even though it doesn't taste
like other mackerels. For some reason, Linnaeus forgot to include "taste"
in his classification scheme….

-Bob

On 10/7/07, boogkb@tmo.blackberry.net wrote:
>
> 6 Oct
> The large house in the background, one of many such in Hatteras, has 12 or
> so bedrooms. The locals referred to these as unregulated hotels. In the
> season a single person rents the house and then rents to others – maybe
> several couples or others. The house goes for $10K a week in seasoon.
> They clearly do not fit into the landscape or feeling of a National
> Seashore.
> In one section of town there are 10 or so in a row..
>
> We had, past tense, some questions about the veracity of Wiki in this case
> (refer to Bob"s research). The locals here all insist that wahoo is a
> local fish, the name comes from the catching. Apparently nice to fish with
> a line on a chartered boat. No sense of mackeral taste at all. We have
> had Ono but in this case I suspecedt we have a Nono. Does the research show
> the range of the Ono from Hawaii to NC? That question was answered by the
> local fishing shop. Queried them and they said an oceanfish with a very
> wide range, these Hawaiians just make up names, in Pacific too. Wiki's
> rep is saved.
>
> Then we asked about two other local fishes. No other names that they knew
> of. Trigger fish and Cordia.
>
> I like the image of QB in a leather jacket and wind goggles; the scarf
> too. However it is 90 plus degrees, 140% humidity (yes water keeps
> dripping out of the atmosphere). The goggles might work.
>
> I had hoped to call into the SMCG but connectivity is so spottly that it
> is unlikely a call could be made or sustained. Kind thoughts to all and
> sorry that you are missing this triip. The area is beautiful and getting
> better as we travel up the Outerbanks. As to the weather – it is too hot
> and humid for humans. Libby pointed this out a few weeks ago when she
> visited the AC of NC.
>
> Toes in the Atlantic (not the sound side a few feet away, island is quite
> narrow). Walk in the surf, does not get much better.
>
> A hearty thank you to Vanessa Cole at the tourist center. Helpful and
> friendly. A nice change from the past two centers.
>
>

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I too was surprised that the Wahoo (which I'd never heard of) was actually
the famous Ono (that I remember fondly).

Not so surprised that the Wahoo (or it's cousins) are found in both the
Atlantic and the Pacific. Border control in the ocean is notoriously
difficult to enforce.

Least surprised that the Wahoo is a mackerel even though it doesn't taste
like other mackerels. For some reason, Linnaeus forgot to include "taste"
in his classification scheme….

-Bob

On 10/7/07, boogkb@tmo.blackberry.net wrote:
>
> 6 Oct
> The large house in the background, one of many such in Hatteras, has 12 or
> so bedrooms. The locals referred to these as unregulated hotels. In the
> season a single person rents the house and then rents to others – maybe
> several couples or others. The house goes for $10K a week in seasoon.
> They clearly do not fit into the landscape or feeling of a National
> Seashore.
> In one section of town there are 10 or so in a row..
>
> We had, past tense, some questions about the veracity of Wiki in this case
> (refer to Bob"s research). The locals here all insist that wahoo is a
> local fish, the name comes from the catching. Apparently nice to fish with
> a line on a chartered boat. No sense of mackeral taste at all. We have
> had Ono but in this case I suspecedt we have a Nono. Does the research show
> the range of the Ono from Hawaii to NC? That question was answered by the
> local fishing shop. Queried them and they said an oceanfish with a very
> wide range, these Hawaiians just make up names, in Pacific too. Wiki's
> rep is saved.
>
> Then we asked about two other local fishes. No other names that they knew
> of. Trigger fish and Cordia.
>
> I like the image of QB in a leather jacket and wind goggles; the scarf
> too. However it is 90 plus degrees, 140% humidity (yes water keeps
> dripping out of the atmosphere). The goggles might work.
>
> I had hoped to call into the SMCG but connectivity is so spottly that it
> is unlikely a call could be made or sustained. Kind thoughts to all and
> sorry that you are missing this triip. The area is beautiful and getting
> better as we travel up the Outerbanks. As to the weather – it is too hot
> and humid for humans. Libby pointed this out a few weeks ago when she
> visited the AC of NC.
>
> Toes in the Atlantic (not the sound side a few feet away, island is quite
> narrow). Walk in the surf, does not get much better.
>
> A hearty thank you to Vanessa Cole at the tourist center. Helpful and
> friendly. A nice change from the past two centers.
>
>

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6 Oct
The large house in the background, one of many such in Hatteras, has 12 or so bedrooms. The locals referred to these as unregulated hotels. In the season a single person rents the house and then rents to others – maybe several couples or others. The house goes for $10K a week in seasoon. They clearly do not fit into the landscape or feeling of a National Seashore.
In one section of town there are 10 or so in a row..

We had, past tense, some questions about the veracity of Wiki in this case (refer to Bob"s research). The locals here all insist that wahoo is a local fish, the name comes from the catching. Apparently nice to fish with a line on a chartered boat. No sense of mackeral taste at all. We have had Ono but in this case I suspecedt we have a Nono. Does the research show the range of the Ono from Hawaii to NC? That question was answered by the local fishing shop. Queried them and they said an oceanfish with a very wide range, these Hawaiians just make up names, in Pacific too. Wiki's rep is saved.

Then we asked about two other local fishes. No other names that they knew of. Trigger fish and Cordia.

I like the image of QB in a leather jacket and wind goggles; the scarf too. However it is 90 plus degrees, 140% humidity (yes water keeps dripping out of the atmosphere). The goggles might work.

I had hoped to call into the SMCG but connectivity is so spottly that it is unlikely a call could be made or sustained. Kind thoughts to all and sorry that you are missing this triip. The area is beautiful and getting better as we travel up the Outerbanks. As to the weather – it is too hot and humid for humans. Libby pointed this out a few weeks ago when she visited the AC of NC.

Toes in the Atlantic (not the sound side a few feet away, island is quite narrow). Walk in the surf, does not get much better.

A hearty thank you to Vanessa Cole at the tourist center. Helpful and friendly. A nice change from the past two centers.

hatteras.jpg

boog in hatteras.jpg

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n the Hawaiian language, ono means delicious. Your Ono would be ono loa
(VERY delicious).

*Ono (Acanthocybium solandri), commonly known as wahoo, is a close relative
of the king mackerel. Unlike true mackerel, ono rarely school, but groups
may be found around fish aggregation buoys. Surface catches indicate that
ono associate with banks, pinnacles and flotsam. However, longline catches
suggest that this species is also widely distributed in the open ocean. *

*Ono may grow to more than 100 pounds in round weight, but the usual size of
the fish caught in Hawaii is 8 to 30 pounds in round weight.*

On 10/6/07, Dianne Ellsworth wrote:
>
> I did not do any wahoo research (hadn't noticed the homework assignment),
> but I was struck by the fact that there is a fish taco place called "Wahoo"
> I'd just read about, on the corner of Cambridge and El Camino in Palo Alto,
> formerly occupied by the late lamented Colonel.
>
> Dee
>
>
> —–Original Message—–
> From: Bob Morgen
> Sent: Oct 6, 2007 1:53 AM
> To: boogkb@tmo.blackberry.net
> Cc: Vox <980286c3a15f1c66@moblog.vox.com>, Boogs Sack
> Subject: Re: BSMA Ocracoke
>
> Very concerned to see QB passed out in a ferry.
>
> She is clearly too delicate for this kind of road trip. I insist you buy a
> side-car to transport her in future.
>
> Yes, I can see it like a vision. QB in a side-car with wind goggles, a
> scarf, and a leather jacket. Sitting erect, she points in the direction of
> travel.
>
> A quick look at Wikipedia tells us that the Wahoo is the familiar Ono
> fish, best known in Hawaii. I had baked Ono at a fancy restaurant once.
> Delicate and delicious. A kind of mackerel.
>
> -Bob
>
> On 10/6/07, boogkb@tmo.blackberry.net wrote:
> >
> > 4 Oct.
> > No service so not clear when this will go. Several days is my guess.
> >
> > Rural ride from beaufort to ceder point – ocracoke ferry.
> > Strong headwind quite wearing on both of us, I took the picture.
> >
> > Katie's breakfast pie and seeing miss NC in her tiara started the day
> > off right. Asking the manager a question lead to "I do not read the
> > newspaper or listen to the weather as both are too depressing. "
> >
> > Four nights in a row of excellent meals. Tonight.
> >
> > QB had a large plate of shelled blue crab.
> >
> > For me,
> > Grilled bluefish, crepes filled with blue crab, grilled shrimp and of
> > course scallops. Strongly suspect that Bobbie's dinner was similar except
> > his had no veggies or fish or crepes.
> >
> > We passed on the dessert.
> >
> > 5 October in Hatteras
> > Had planned to be in Buxton where the Hatteras lighthouse is (found out
> > about this a bit late) but Buxton was sold out. Not a room to be had.
> >
> > Ride along the dunes to the ferry was hot, hot, humid, windy and very
> > beautiful. Saw the wild ponies of Ocracoke. Brought, it is believed, by a
> > European shipwreck in the 16th or 17th century. Now fenced in. They have
> > more ribs and more vertebra than our usual horses.
> >
> > Dinner in Hatteras was Frogmore Stew, called here Hatteras Stew. See
> > pictures we took in Charleston many trips ago . Forgot to take the camera
> > to dinner.
> >
> > The cell phone worked for about 5 minutes in the past 24 hours so no
> > idea if this will go out today or tomorrow.
> >
> > As to youses: has anyone sent their short research on the fish called
> > "wahoo"? Better known as ????
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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I did not do any wahoo research (hadn't noticed the homework assignment), but I was struck by the fact that there is a fish taco place called "Wahoo" I'd just read about, on the corner of Cambridge and El Camino in Palo Alto, formerly occupied by the late lamented Colonel.

Dee

—–Original Message—–
From: Bob Morgen
Sent: Oct 6, 2007 1:53 AM
To: boogkb@tmo.blackberry.net
Cc: Vox <980286c3a15f1c66@moblog.vox.com>, Boogs Sack
Subject: Re: BSMA Ocracoke

Very concerned to see QB passed out in a ferry.

She is clearly too delicate for this kind of road trip. I insist you buy a side-car to transport her in future.

Yes, I can see it like a vision.  QB in a side-car with wind goggles, a scarf, and a leather jacket. Sitting erect, she points in the direction of travel.

A quick look at Wikipedia tells us that the Wahoo is the familiar Ono fish, best known in Hawaii. I had baked Ono at a fancy restaurant once. Delicate and delicious. A kind of mackerel.

-Bob

On 10/6/07, boogkb@tmo.blackberry.net <boogkb@tmo.blackberry.net> wrote:

4 Oct.
No service so not clear when this will go.  Several days is my guess.

Rural ride from beaufort to ceder point – ocracoke ferry. Strong  headwind quite wearing on both of us, I took the picture.

Katie's breakfast pie and seeing miss NC in her tiara started the day off right. Asking the manager a question lead to "I do not read the newspaper or listen to the weather as both are too depressing. "

Four nights in a row of excellent meals. Tonight.

QB had a large plate of shelled blue crab.

For me,
Grilled bluefish, crepes filled with blue crab, grilled shrimp and of course scallops. Strongly suspect that Bobbie's dinner was similar except his had no veggies or fish or crepes.

We passed on the dessert.

5 October in Hatteras
Had planned to be in Buxton where the Hatteras lighthouse is (found out about this a bit late) but Buxton was sold out.  Not a room to be had.

Ride along the dunes to the ferry was hot, hot, humid, windy and very beautiful.  Saw the wild ponies of Ocracoke.  Brought, it is believed, by a European shipwreck in the 16th or 17th century.  Now fenced in.   They have more ribs and more vertebra than our usual horses.

Dinner in Hatteras was Frogmore Stew, called here Hatteras Stew.   See pictures we took in Charleston many trips ago <g>. Forgot to take the camera to dinner.

The cell phone worked for about 5 minutes in the past 24 hours so no idea if this will go out today or tomorrow.

As to youses:  has anyone sent their short research on the fish called "wahoo"?  Better known as ????

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Very concerned to see QB passed out in a ferry.

She is clearly too delicate for this kind of road trip. I insist you buy a
side-car to transport her in future.

Yes, I can see it like a vision. QB in a side-car with wind goggles, a
scarf, and a leather jacket. Sitting erect, she points in the direction of
travel.

A quick look at Wikipedia tells us that the Wahoo is the familiar Ono fish,
best known in Hawaii. I had baked Ono at a fancy restaurant once. Delicate
and delicious. A kind of mackerel.

-Bob

On 10/6/07, boogkb@tmo.blackberry.net wrote:
>
> 4 Oct.
> No service so not clear when this will go. Several days is my guess.
>
> Rural ride from beaufort to ceder point – ocracoke ferry. Strong headwind
> quite wearing on both of us, I took the picture.
>
> Katie's breakfast pie and seeing miss NC in her tiara started the day off
> right. Asking the manager a question lead to "I do not read the newspaper or
> listen to the weather as both are too depressing. "
>
> Four nights in a row of excellent meals. Tonight.
>
> QB had a large plate of shelled blue crab.
>
> For me,
> Grilled bluefish, crepes filled with blue crab, grilled shrimp and of
> course scallops. Strongly suspect that Bobbie's dinner was similar except
> his had no veggies or fish or crepes.
>
> We passed on the dessert.
>
> 5 October in Hatteras
> Had planned to be in Buxton where the Hatteras lighthouse is (found out
> about this a bit late) but Buxton was sold out. Not a room to be had.
>
> Ride along the dunes to the ferry was hot, hot, humid, windy and very
> beautiful. Saw the wild ponies of Ocracoke. Brought, it is believed, by a
> European shipwreck in the 16th or 17th century. Now fenced in. They have
> more ribs and more vertebra than our usual horses.
>
> Dinner in Hatteras was Frogmore Stew, called here Hatteras Stew. See
> pictures we took in Charleston many trips ago . Forgot to take the camera
> to dinner.
>
> The cell phone worked for about 5 minutes in the past 24 hours so no idea
> if this will go out today or tomorrow.
>
> As to youses: has anyone sent their short research on the fish called
> "wahoo"? Better known as ????
>
>
>
>
>

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4 Oct.
No service so not clear when this will go. Several days is my guess.

Rural ride from beaufort to ceder point – ocracoke ferry. Strong headwind quite wearing on both of us, I took the picture.

Katie's breakfast pie and seeing miss NC in her tiara started the day off right. Asking the manager a question lead to "I do not read the newspaper or listen to the weather as both are too depressing. "

Four nights in a row of excellent meals. Tonight.

QB had a large plate of shelled blue crab.

For me,
Grilled bluefish, crepes filled with blue crab, grilled shrimp and of course scallops. Strongly suspect that Bobbie's dinner was similar except his had no veggies or fish or crepes.

We passed on the dessert.

5 October in Hatteras
Had planned to be in Buxton where the Hatteras lighthouse is (found out about this a bit late) but Buxton was sold out. Not a room to be had.

Ride along the dunes to the ferry was hot, hot, humid, windy and very beautiful. Saw the wild ponies of Ocracoke. Brought, it is believed, by a European shipwreck in the 16th or 17th century. Now fenced in. They have more ribs and more vertebra than our usual horses.

Dinner in Hatteras was Frogmore Stew, called here Hatteras Stew. See pictures we took in Charleston many trips ago . Forgot to take the camera to dinner.

The cell phone worked for about 5 minutes in the past 24 hours so no idea if this will go out today or tomorrow.

As to youses: has anyone sent their short research on the fish called "wahoo"? Better known as ????

on ocracoke ferry.jpg

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That explains the bears… in Bern,CH there is an (in)famous bear pit in
city center.
Grits pic quite green (and shiny). Did not convey the full majesty.
libby

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Love the picture of QB on the dock.

Proof that great stomachs think in the same gutters, I made a variant of
shrimp grits cheese bacon and garlic tonight. Except that instead of grits I
used basmati rice. And instead of bacon, a copious amount of golden onions.
Then I cooked it in that fantastic pan that Judi got that has sides on the
inside for extra crust development. Muru, who was attracted by the onion
and rice smells ate about 1/3 of it, a sneaky spoonful at a time, before it
was even on the dinner table. High praise. Accompanied by brined pork roast
and goat cheese/spinach salad, all of which was inspired by talk of southern
cooking earlier today. So thanks.

-Bob

On 10/4/07, boogkb@tmo.blackberry.net wrote:
>
> 3 Oct.
>
> It is pronounced bew. In SC it is bow.
>
> New Bern sign explained that it was named for Bern CH, some visitor. Their
> sister city.
>
> Our Turducken is on its way. Large bike suitcase, smaller bike suitcase,
> new York return suitcase, foldup bag. A four layer one but far less tasty.
>
> The likely green pic of grits were made by a chef trained in NC and were
> clearly different than the steel cut 22 minute ones of beaufort SC. Better
> in this case though likely less old southern.
>
> No more goofing off on your end. As QB says "if we can cycle over a half
> century today some work can be done". For my entre I had wahoo. Local
> Atlantic fish. Consistency of monkfish. Any other names for this fish? The
> other entre was trigger fish. Restaurant is excellent serving only local
> foods.
>
> Soybeans, some corn, tobacco, and cotton. Numerous cotton tufts roadside.
>
>
>
>
>

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