Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

What is that!?!:eek:

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/...f+kona+hawaii/

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

WTF??? :eek: :confused:

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

Oarfish maybe :confused:

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

Cutlass fish, sorry about the poor quality, I took digital photos of old photos.

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

"They had planned to eat the headless mystery fish, but when they cooked it the flesh turned gelatinous, so they passed." Lessons learned don't attempt to eat something you are not familiar with.

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

Or something you find dead floating in the ocean

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

Yeah, uh don't eat dead headless fish you find floating around...

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

I find stuff like this laughable. Not that I know what it is, but most likely even without the head it is easily identifiable. Just goes to show how the media takes advantage of the general public that wouldnt know a dogfish for a great white.

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

I know nothing about the fish of the Pacific, and even I knew it was a cutlass fish as soon as I saw it... If it were in the Atlantic Ocean there might be a problem, as they don't get near as big there, but Pacific Cutlass Fish can grow to over 7 feet long, so this one was right about where it should be..

I would bet it was caught, and some idiot hacked its head off. I can't see a shark biting its head off and leaving the rest. From what I have read, Cutlass fish are slow swimmers and get gobbled up by lots of other fish.

Oh yeah, and the guys that tried to eat a dead, unidentified,headless fish they found floating are MORONS.... I wonder if they would try and eat a Smooth Puffer they found bobbing around out there??? bob

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

I'm still wondering why this story is a headline ???

Oarfish or ribbon fish case solved. Cooking it? That's straight up dumb - that's like trying to cook a seagull.

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

[QUOTE=don't attempt to eat something you are not familiar with.[/QUOTE]
I'm not touching this one, too easy:D

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

lol.. cant believe they were thinking of eating it.

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

Cutlass Fish

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

WOW I'll say they're old. You were a baby in those pics LOL

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

Whats so bad with seakill ? Thats a Sea Bambi ! It still had it's color . They probably didn't catch anything else . Everybody knows Cutlass fish should be eaten raw . Nothing like a little Snake Mackerel Sushi !

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

that sucker looks big!

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

Smaller ones make GREAT king mac baits!!!

Re: Giant headless fish at center of intriguing mystery off Kona, Hawaii
 

Stuffed and roasted gull...that's Coastal Turkey:D