Bonitos

[Ice Cream Man]

Got on them big time - kept 8 for dinner with friends & some for my neighbors - released about 8........Caught using small Yozuri's Deep Diver ( clown & pink colors ), # 2 Planer with #1 Clarkspoon, jigging & a Fly............My buddy Jim caught about 4 on a fly.........

Lost 2 at the boat........Great time, home by noon........ICM

[bluffman2]

Coo,bet that was fun on the fly

[vettnman]

What is the difference between bonita, and false albacore. They look a lot alike(identical to me) but I know false albacore are not any good. Differences??

[Redweiser]

Small ones are good live bait if you hook'em up fast before they die. We use the larger ones for chum or cut bait.

[Capt. Fred]

The False Albacore have spots on them under the pectorals. Kind of looks like fingerprints on their skin on the white area of their bellies.

[Ice Cream Man]

Bonito have teeth & straight laternal lines - arrive early spring gone in 2 -4 weeks.
You can eat them, very firm white meat when cooked, just finished having some for dinner, from the grill...........

False Albies no teeth & squiggley laternal lines - fall fish without any food value. Good for strip bait........ICM

[Redweiser]

We don't catch many Atlantic Bonita in the Gulf.

[sportsdoc]

i think the bonito are NOT good eating compared to other tuna like the skipjack. I dont know about the table value of the other, which is what that looks like. The original pic doesnt look like a bonito.

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[fishfighter]

Skipjack tuna are used for chumming in my boat as blackfin tuna too.

[bluffman2]

Originally Posted by fishfighter

Skipjack tuna are used for chumming in my boat as blackfin tuna too.