Fishers

Today we went to a swimming beach that was lovely.  Then we went in search of a shrimp truck for lunch.  Someone asked the shrimp truck guy if there was anything interesting nearby, and he suggested staying on the road for a few miles, which would take us through the most recent lava flow on Maui, which was in 1790.  When we got to the end of the road, as we were turning around, we saw two young men who had been fishing carrying a styrofoam container with fish.  Liz asked if she could see the fish.  One of the young men immediately reached into the ice filled container and started bringing out their catch, and putting them on the cover of the container.  He knew the name of each of the fish as he  took them out!

One of the fish has poisonous spines on his dorsal fins and they mentioned that you would not want to come in contact with these, because it would hurt.  The fish is called an Ala'ihi.

So this is a portrait of the two fisherman and their companion.  I didn't ask their names or their relationships.  I did find out that they were catching fish for a going away party for a friend of theirs to be had this evening.  They were so generous with their time in explaining about their fishing and their fish.  It was such a wonderful Hawaiian thing to do!