Fish Stories..

"Ive NEVER seen a fish this big in the canal!!!"

He spread his hands to show a fish standing to about chest high...

"Its back here floating belly up."

This I had to see.

The tide had started coming in that afternoon, so a lot of things will start getting swept in. And sure enough - as we walked to the back of the office, there seemed to be a large, very large, silver fish floating bellyup, gently bouncing against the retaining wall.

As he knelt to inspect it closer, there seemed to be something odd about the fish.. it seemed oddly truncated with no tail.

We turned it over, and we could see the large black eyes were totally greyed over, like the characters in a SpyVsSpy cartoon.

It had no tail. That had been hacked all off behind the tall dorsal fin. And the nose had been hacked off, as with a machete.

This proud fish was the leftover of a deepsea catch someone had tossed over the side of a boat into the canal.

We couldnt determine if it was a swordfish, tarpon or kingfish. but he picked it up and threw it back into the middle of the canal.

And in the middle of it.. the big fish's large heart was hanging outside the carcass.

Thats what I remember the most about it. The large heart, as big as two fists, hanging.

Im almost glad I didnt have a camera with me.
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I got my wish last night.

I wanted to try dolphinfish after seeing them hunt in the canals.

We went out to j. Alexanders.. swank, but down home, but swank.. for dinner.

They had Mahi Mahi on the menu.

I had grilled Mahi Mahi (dolphinfish) with Louisiana (ouzo) rice and a sweet croissant.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

It was described as a great, firm whitefish steak. Mmmhmmm.

Mars, youre right. That fish is damned good eating.