Mucho' Muy Bonita Fish Monger Crush Bonito

[Capt -Jerry P]

Had Open Boat Bonito trip today. Greeted to a little more chop than noaa forecasted, but day got nicer as it went on.

Headed South to the grounds and started trolling, DOUBLE AND TRIPLES RIGHT AWAY OF THE TASTY CRITTERS. Constant action had the charter jumping on rods all day. Fish ranged 2-7lbs and the water was crystal clear

Steady hookups all day on the troll, but couldnt get them to bite bait.
Also had 6 big blues and a few google big eye chub mackerals.

Loaded up the Bonito today guys on our first trip.

Give a call if ya wanna get in on this great light tackle action.

Nice meeting all you guys today, Bob Johnathon Brian and friends.

Broken Bobber also made his appearance helping the Monger cause.
Thanks for coffee and spikes soup

[IrishAyes]

Nice report Capt Jerry. Ya got em again. 

It was a little bouncy out there this morning.

[Hotrod]

WOw!!..

I didn't know these babies were eatable..

Awesome day capt jerry!!

[Capt -Jerry P]

Bonito are good to eat.

False albacores no
aka
False alberts on the other hand make blue fish sound good

[Luna Sea 5]

 

[Luna Sea 5]

what were you guys trolling with, plugs, spoons?

[Capt -Jerry P]

spoons and feathers

[Luna Sea 5]

great job,, they are a ton of fun.

[The Broken One]

Jerry, Wayne and Brian.... you guys make the day easy.... it was a Bone smackdown of epic proportions and especially nice when your all alone on the piece doing it up Monger style.....

As fluking comes to an end people give the Fish Monger boat a call as the Bonita bite is ON as you can see from the pix......

Boys thanx again for a sweet day on the Crayon  .... Your experience and knowledge pays off once again..... 

[Bucktail]

Nice!   I love catching those bonitos and albies! 

Do you plan on doing any chumming/jigging trips for them this year?

[Capt. Mike]

Nice Catch Capt. Great job... 

[Pops Soul]

Way to catch'em up Capt. Jerry 

[Hotrod]

And..  Then this was a......

[Pfishingruven]

Great catch!!

 

[Capt -Jerry P]

That is a Bonito

Did ya eat it???

i love them, so do most i know.

albies have no teeth and dots usually larger size.

Bonita has stripes but not on belly + teeth= good eats

Skip jacks striped on belly.

[ped579]

All I can say is sweet lordie...

[Hotrod]

That is a Bonito

Did ya eat it???

i love them, so do most i know.

albies have no teeth and dots usually larger size.

Bonita has stripes but not on belly + teeth= good eats

Skip jacks striped on belly.

lol  Nope..  thought it was a false albi

[Capt -Jerry P]

 
 

[wb]

 

nice pull capt

[Pfishingruven]

albies have no teeth and dots usually larger size.

Bonita has stripes but not on belly + teeth= good eats

Skip jacks striped on belly.

Good lesson Capt!!  False albacore and Bonito can be mistaken for each other a lot.  If you google them, some regions in the US refer to them as the same fish! 

I looked them up at the begining of the summer after someone landed a false albacore at the Inlet and insisted it was also Bonito.  I was confused and never got a straight answer from searching the internet.

Thanks for clarifying this.  You made it very, very simple to remember which is which!!

Anyone know why they refer to them as the same fish in other regions??  It is clearly 2 different fish here!!

Thanks