Maui Fishing

[Brisco]

We decided to buy rods and do some shore fishing. I went to one of the only dedicated tackle store in Maiu called "Fuji's". The store owner is a super nice guy and was very helpful. His English was not 100% but we managed. I saw a fish chart on his wall of different reef fish etc. and asked him which fish were best to eat. He looked at me kind of puzzled and said "swimee eatee" while doing a swimming action with his hand. We fished for about 4 hours and caught a big puffer fish that blew itself up to the size of a basketball. It scared the crap out of us and we decided not to eatee.

 

[Charlie]

Probably a "Good" decision on your part not to eat!

Pufferfish contain tetrodotoxin, one of the world's most potent nerve poisons. A concentrated dose of it can kill an adult in less than 20 minutes. One person (not in Hawaii) died only 17 minutes after eating a piece of pufferfish. Tetrodotoxin is 160,000 times as potent as cocaine at blocking nerve conduction. This may sound like a free way to get high, but eating any of these fishes' flesh is tempting death.

Just because it swimee, doesn't mean you want to eatee!