One of the best eating fish that swim in the ocean is wahoo! Every time we go out wahoo is the fish everyone wants to catch. Their white, mild flavored, and slightly dense texture makes them amazing table fair. With a freezer full of deer and fish wahoo is always the first to go.

Ono is a Hawaiian word meaning “good to eat.” It is commonly known as wahoo and is a close relative of the king mackerel. Built like a torpedo, they are fast swimmers. Ono rarely school, but groups are often found around fish aggregation buoys.

interjection. wa·​hoo ˈwä-ˈhü chiefly Western US. used to express exuberance or enthusiasm or to attract attention.

The barracuda is sometimes confused with the mackerel and wahoo, but it is easy to distinguish from the latter two species. Barracuda have prominent scales and larger, dagger-like teeth, and lack the caudal keels and blade-like (forked) tail characteristic of the scombrids.