Mystery fish not so mysterious...

[senoritafish]

While she was sampling fish yesterday, DP noticed a few of these tiny tuna-like fish among the sardines. She brought a few of them back to identify because the fishermen were calling them wahoo, and she didn't think that was quite right. She thought they might have been bonito. We asked several people around the office, and they thought so too.

Comments

[poetpaladin]

This is pretty cool! Do you go fishing off Catalina?

[senoritafish]

I have, but it's been a long time. I've been out a couple times on the boats out of Dana Point. I used to go diving at Catalina, too, but again it's been a long time.

[dipster]

Well, now I know where the Bonito flakes on my sushi comes from! :-D

[senoritafish]

Quite right. I think it's also used to make Dashi (sp?), a soup base. When I was a kid, we used to get canned Bonito at the store, as an alternative to tuna, but I haven't seen it in a long time. Probably because there are no local canneries for it anymore, and it has not been in this area in large number for quite a long time.