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aleshanee

aleshanee

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also known as hawaii..;).. aloha and many blessings to all.. aleshanee is my real middle name and i;ve been around various christian forums since 2004... was told of this forum by a friend from those other forums... ..some of you might remember me from those other places... ..not a whole lot has changed since then - except that i no longer attend the lutheran church i was at for many years - though i still work with the homeless ministry and other outreach programs i joined through that church when i was there... .... i;m still mostly baptist at heart but i now attend a christian congregational church and sometimes fill in as an alternate with a special music ensemble at a catholic church - where i have many friends... ... .. .i;m still an avid bicyclist and tradtional bowhunter - we still hunt for wild pigs on oahu and i also teach traditional archery when the opportunity arises.... ..amateur spear fisher and mediocre surfer at best... ..was born in arizona on the navajo reservation.. then lived for the next 9 years in east los angeles.... i have lived in hawaii since i was 10 and still live with the family i adopted when i was 11... that part will never change.... :cool:
 
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also known as hawaii..;).. aloha and many blessings to all.. aleshanee is my real middle name and i;ve been around various christian forums since 2004... was told of this forum by a friend from those other forums... ..some of you might remember me from those other places... ..not a whole lot has changed since then - except that i no longer attend the lutheran church i was at for many years - though i still work with the homeless ministry and other outreach programs i joined through that church when i was there... .... i;m still mostly baptist at heart but i now attend a christian congregational church and sometimes fill in as an alternate with a special music ensemble at a catholic church - where i have many friends... ... .. .i;m still an avid bicyclist and tradtional bowhunter - we still hunt for wild pigs on oahu and i also teach traditional archery when the opportunity arises.... ..amateur spear fisher and mediocre surfer at best... ..was born in arizona on the navajo reservation.. then lived for the next 9 years in east los angeles.... i have lived in hawaii since i was 10 and still live with the family i adopted when i was 11... that part will never change.... :cool:
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Great to see you here! I believe you'll find a great group of diverse individuals here. Many of us don't agree on various topic but I believe that we respect one another more than some places I've been to before.

@aleshanee is one of God's many treasures!
 
aleshanee said:
also known as hawaii..;).. aloha and many blessings to all.. aleshanee is my real middle name and i;ve been around various christian forums since 2004... was told of this forum by a friend from those other forums... ..some of you might remember me from those other places... ..not a whole lot has changed since then - except that i no longer attend the lutheran church i was at for many years - though i still work with the homeless ministry and other outreach programs i joined through that church when i was there... .... i;m still mostly baptist at heart but i now attend a christian congregational church and sometimes fill in as an alternate with a special music ensemble at a catholic church - where i have many friends... ... .. .i;m still an avid bicyclist and tradtional bowhunter - we still hunt for wild pigs on oahu and i also teach traditional archery when the opportunity arises.... ..amateur spear fisher and mediocre surfer at best... ..was born in arizona on the navajo reservation.. then lived for the next 9 years in east los angeles.... i have lived in hawaii since i was 10 and still live with the family i adopted when i was 11... that part will never change.... :cool:
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Awesome thanks for sharing and its great to have you here. We are always looking for suggestions and ways we can improve our forum so feel free to lets us know if there is anything you would like to see or another forum topic/category we should consider. And Welcome, its great to have you here.
 
thank you praise_yeshua - civic - and grace ambassador for the warm welcomes.....:) ...lots of interesting conversations on this forum.. ... ..i;m still looking around but eventually i might get involved in some of them....:cool: ....
 
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We sound allot alike :)
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we very well could be.... i notice you like fishing..... ..so do i... ..though most of the fishing we do now days is from the shore - fishing for papio and ulua... and also spear fishing on the reef for octopus with a hawaiian style sling spear... (we make kimchee tako poke' out of them)... ...i actually got to work on a 53 ft deep sea charter a few years ago.... ..how i got that job is a long story - but it all just service to the customers on board.... nothing to do with the actual rigging of the lines.. fishing.. or seamanship.... ..i was a combination cook / cabin keeper / barista / first aid medic / dramamine dispenser / cigar lighter / picture taker for their group photos etc etc.... things like that...

the boat was mainly out for the big 4 that are common in hawaiian waters.... . marlin - ono - yellow fin tuna - and of course mahimahi.... but what some of the customers liked the most was hand fishing for shibi (juvenile tuna) around the weather bouys on the way out some days... but always on the way back in.... those we cut up for them on the boat so they could try fresh ahi eaten island style... raw and fresh from the sea.... but if they didn;t like the idea of that then i would sear it for them in the galley and serve it with wasabi..... it was a fun job while it lasted....:cool:
 
aleshanee said:
we very well could be.... i notice you like fishing..... ..so do i... ..though most of the fishing we do now days is from the shore - fishing for papio and ulua... and also spear fishing on the reef for octopus with a hawaiian style sling spear... (we make kimchee tako poke' out of them)... ...i actually got to work on a 53 ft deep sea charter a few years ago.... ..how i got that job is a long story - but it all just service to the customers on board.... nothing to do with the actual rigging of the lines.. fishing.. or seamanship.... ..i was a combination cook / cabin keeper / barista / first aid medic / dramamine dispenser / cigar lighter / picture taker for their group photos etc etc.... things like that...

the boat was mainly out for the big 4 that are common in hawaiian waters.... . marlin - ono - yellow fin tuna - and of course mahimahi.... but what some of the customers liked the most was hand fishing for shibi (juvenile tuna) around the weather bouys on the way out some days... but always on the way back in.... those we cut up for them on the boat so they could try fresh ahi eaten island style... raw and fresh from the sea.... but if they didn;t like the idea of that then i would sear it for them in the galley and serve it with wasabi..... it was a fun job while it lasted....:cool:
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My brother is back on land as we speak. He was on a 3 day Blue Fin tuna trip and personally landed 6 tuna between 150- 250 pounds. I will be eating lots of sashimi this week :)
 
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wow... those are nice....🙂 ... the boat i worked on use to go out with crew only for extended multiple day trips during times when tuna were running... . they would remove the fighting chair and reconfigure the boat with extra ice bins.... .i only went on one of those trips that was a short venture 3 days 2 nights.... i had a cabin to myself and they caught a lot of tuna.... but even before the trip was over i decided being out on the sea multiple days in a boat full of men was not for me...
 
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wow... those are nice....🙂 ... the boat i worked on use to go out with crew only for extended multiple day trips during times when tuna were running... . they would remove the fighting chair and reconfigure the boat with extra ice bins.... .i only went on one of those trips that was a short venture 3 days 2 nights.... i had a cabin to myself and they caught a lot of tuna.... but even before the trip was over i decided being out on the sea multiple days in a boat full of men was not for me...
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They caught 19 total and after all were filleted there was 2200 pounds of sashimi for the qroup of 6 to take home. That is 366 pounds each of the most sought after tuna in the world. The cheapest Bluefin goes for $20 per pound whole and can go into the 100's per pound depending upon the quality.

thats a minimum of $44,000 worth of tuna.

The best part is he will be delivering me a care package this week :)

YUMMY YUMMY
 
civic said:
They caught 19 total and after all were filleted there was 2200 pounds of sashimi for the qroup of 6 to take home. That is 366 pounds each of the most sought after tuna in the world. The cheapest Bluefin goes for $20 per pound whole and can go into the 100's per pound depending upon the quality.

thats a minimum of $44,000 worth of tuna.

The best part is he will be delivering me a care package this week :)

YUMMY YUMMY
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that;s pretty impressive.... blue fin tuna are rare here... it;s mostly yellowfins..... but with the exception of the shibi... we never did filet or process fish on the boat.... everything else we caught went to the auction block.. ...i sometimes went with them just because it was fun to be there and watch the action.... but i remember that sometimes marlin would actually outsell the tuna... ...it was almost always bought by small fresh seafood shops that would smoke it and sell it precooked by the pound.... but the tuna.. or ahi .. was usually bought by supermarkets and grocery stores that sold it raw or as tuna steaks... ...... right before new years the price would begin to soar as fresh ahi is a traditonal new years meal here.... it could also go for big prices other times of the year if the catches were small.... most of the ono and mahimahi were bought by restaurants... but i remember a few times the catch was rather pathetic and even with the money paid by the customers the boat barely made enough to pay for the diesel fuel and crews wages....

we still eat a lot of fresh shibi..... but in the years since i worked on the boat i started going down to the harbor when certain commercial boats i know and trust come in - and as soon as they dock they allow those of us they know to go aboard and go down into the hold to pick out shibi and smaller tuna which they sell to us for cash by the pound.... those are fish they don;t take to the auction block..... and i can usually pick out at least one pretty nice shibi that will make a meal for the whole household for around 30 to 40 dollars these days... . when i frst started doing that i could get a a fish the same size for around 15 to 20 dollars.... ...i watch the website that shows maritime traffic around the islands so i know when they are coming in and getting close... ..
 
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that;s pretty impressive.... blue fin tuna are rare here... it;s mostly yellowfins..... but with the exception of the shibi... we never did filet or process fish on the boat.... everything else we caught went to the auction block.. ...i sometimes went with them just because it was fun to be there and watch the action.... but i remember that sometimes marlin would actually outsell the tuna... ...it was almost always bought by small fresh seafood shops that would smoke it and sell it precooked by the pound.... but the tuna.. or ahi .. was usually bought by supermarkets and grocery stores that sold it raw or as tuna steaks... ...... right before new years the price would begin to soar as fresh ahi is a traditonal new years meal here.... it could also go for big prices other times of the year if the catches were small.... most of the ono and mahimahi were bought by restaurants... but i remember a few times the catch was rather pathetic and even with the money paid by the customers the boat barely made enough to pay for the diesel fuel and crews wages....

we still eat a lot of fresh shibi..... but in the years since i worked on the boat i started going down to the harbor when certain commercial boats i know and trust come in - and as soon as they dock they allow those of us they know to go aboard and go down into the hold to pick out shibi and smaller tuna which they sell to us for cash by the pound.... those are fish they don;t take to the auction block..... and i can usually pick out at least one pretty nice shibi that will make a meal for the whole household for around 30 to 40 dollars these days... . when i frst started doing that i could get a a fish the same size for around 15 to 20 dollars.... ...i watch the website that shows maritime traffic around the islands so i know when they are coming in and getting close... ..
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yes fuel to chase those fast swimming fish is expensive. My brother says they troll at speeds of 15-20 knots and that burns up allot of fuel.
 
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yes fuel to chase those fast swimming fish is expensive. My brother says they troll at speeds of 15-20 knots and that burns up allot of fuel.
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that;s what eventually put the boat i worked on out of the charter business..... it was an older 53 ft hatteras with 2 big diesel engines.... all the charters here now use boats that are smaller and newer... more efficient.... ..i was looking at the charts on blue fin tuna migration and it seems they mostly like colder waters.... . i guess that;s why we seldom see any here... our yellowfin tuna love the warmer tropical waters... .... not as big and not as fast as the bluefins.... but a favorite of the sharks... ..it can be hard to reel one in sometimes before a shark chases it down and takes a bites out of it..... or even takes the entire fish off the hook.... ....we call sharks the tax collectors whenever they show up around a fishing boat ....we don;t worry about them as much fishing from shore... but then what we catch there is mostly papio and sometimes ulua.... (the bigger grown up version of papio)....
 
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