Octopus!

[BumM3r]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by rodster:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by BumM3r:
Hey rod, you from the islands? Tako or ahi poke is the shiot in my house. Goes real good wit da brews man, sounds like u know. Howzit bruddah? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Whassup cousin?

No, I'm not kama'aina -- just a simple haole boy with kama'aina tastes and a love for the beach and people of Waimanalo. (Shima's makes the best poke!) We come down for two weeks twice a year.

Discovered last year that I may have very distant family on Molokai. Seems a whaler, possibly from my bloodline and with the same last name, ended up on Oahu in the early 1800s and married a local girl. Some time later the family moved to Molokai. One of the cousins (George) made a big name for himself in the 70s when he mysteriously died while working to return Kahoolawe to Hawaii. Ring any bells? We haven't yet confirmed the family connection 'cause early records from the islands are pretty scarce.

The March '05 tako picture was taken on Molokai. I speared that guy and one other while free diving on the reef. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, the family name definitely rings a bell. A prominent family for sure. So, who do you know on Molokai? I have family and friends there as well. Chances are we know the same folks since the island only has about 6K peeps.