In search of dinner (fishing Hawaiian style)

The hardy souls of the Arnold clan boarded a fishing boat at 5am and headed out into these beautiful blue waters to procure our dinner for this evening. When you arise this early, you are treated to this:

It was a slow morning, but the group eventually got lucky and pulled in two lovely specimens. First, Mike hauled in a yellow fin tuna. 

And then Sean pulled in a local fish known as an Ono.

A couple dolphins joined in the fun, too. 

While our anglers were out angling, Christine and Karen and Ada stayed behind and were treated to observing coconut tree trimming professionals in action. They use the same technique that we remember the telephone line repairmen of old using. 

You can see one of the tossed fronds:

Oh, here's an interesting fact: those wide metal bands on the trees...

...are an attempt to prevent rats, yes, RATS, from climbing up and nesting in the coconut trees. 

It looks like Sean is about to prepare another amazing dinner with today's catch. Aloha.