Oahu Ocean Fishermen's Catch Of The Day: Pork (Men Say Feral Pig Swam Straight Out To Sea)

KITV Honolulu ^ | November 9, 2007

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Oahu Ocean Fishermen's Catch Of The Day: Pork

Men Say Feral Pig Swam Straight Out To Sea

KAAAWA, Hawaii -- It is a fish tale that is easy to scoff as a more of a tall tale. Three friends landed some fish off Kahana Bay on Thursday and a 40-pound feral pig that was swimming near their boat.

As the small fishing boat headed for shore at Kahana Bay, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. However, on closer inspection, the catch of the day was not seafood. It was pork.

"We just hooked up with a fish. As soon as we got it off, I looked over and Aaron was, I thought he was yelling 'fish, fish!' When I looked to my right, it was 'pig, pig!' There was a pig just swimming straight out to sea," fisherman Tyson Pualoa said.

"It looked like it was tired, like it was swimming all night or something. It was pretty much fatigued, ready to go down. We just threw a lasso over his head and yanked him on the boat," fisherman Lenny Mercurio said.

The fishermen said the 40-pound feral pig seemed relieved to be rescued, but the crew tied her up for the ride home to keep her from nipping at them.

No one knows for sure how long the pig was swimming or how she got nearly a mile off shore.

"With all the rains we've been having out here, the pig probably got washed out or something. It was swimming straight out to sea. That was the funny thing about it," fisherman Aaron Phillips said.

Once back on dry land, the fishermen practiced the "catch and release" method. They untied the pig and it took off running back into the forest.

[DogByte6RER]

New slogan for pork farmers:

"Pork...the other seafood meat"

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Photo slideshow:

http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/print/14552021/detail.html

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"When I looked to my right, it was 'pig, pig!' There was a pig just swimming straight out to sea," fisherman Tyson Pualoa said." Swimming pigs...it's been done before.

[DogByte6RER]

Okay...here is the link for the slideshow:

http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/slideshow/news/14553450/detail.html

[Grammy]

OK, I know fish fear you, but do pigs?

[DogByte6RER]

Seafood pork...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[jas3]

Q: How did deer, which were not on Nantucket 50 years ago managed to get on the island?

A: Not the ferry. Not by chopper. They SWAM. I found this explanation not credible until I was talking to some sea kayakers who told me that they sometimes see groups of deer (schools of deer?) swimming up to 20 miles offshore!!!

I know that sounds incredible, but it is true! It is > 10 miles from the northern most tip of Nantucket to the nearest point on the Massachusetts coast. It's only 3.5 miles from the coast to Martha's Vineyard and another 8 miles and two short overwater hops to Nantucket. However they got to Nantucket, that's one heck of a swim! My understanding is that population pressures cause them to swim to look for new lands

It's interesting to contemplate what the genetic drift would do to a Nantucket deer population after several generations. My guess is that the environment would favor smaller deer.

jas3

[Slings and Arrows]

"I caught it. You clean it."

[CarrotAndStick]

Elephants swimming in the ocean, India.

[Grizzled Bear]

Mmmm! Surf and Turf!

[DogByte6RER]

This little piggy got caught...

[Archangel86]

One year when my family and I were deer hunting, we had a buck swim a half mile across a lake after he had been hit at least three times.

[Danae]

Too abd they didn’t kill it, the things are a Curse to Hawaii

[Daffynition]

When is Congress going to get these pork projects under control?