Identify this fish...
Submitted by Rosie on Sun, 2013-02-17 10:32
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Had a school of these bad boys come through on the 3 mile early Saturday morning.
Never caught these before. Are they some sort of mackeral? Couldnt get a match with anything from the fish ID guide.
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MJ
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Watsons Leaping Bonito
Watsons Leaping Bonito
tim-o
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You can thank me for those,
You can thank me for those, you were anchored in my burley trail haha. Does anyone know eating quality raw or cooked of these and orientals?
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Thats the one! Thanks MJ
Thats the one! Thanks MJ ...They're crazy little critters!
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Ha! Yeh, when the wind
Ha! Yeh, when the wind shifted from southerly to easterly i ended up sitting right in your burley trail... I did feel a bit sorry for ya when i was having a ball on those bonito and you were sitting back with your line all slack n stuff! .... Oh well, next time :)
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tim-o
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Yeh Yeh, had some fun with
Yeh Yeh, had some fun with rat kings on the way back nehow which lifted my spirits. I did get that one hook up just below the surface and bit me off, if it was one of those bonnys man they pull hard
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We have shot a few of these,
We have shot a few of these, i ate some raw along with YTK, tasted good to me
Fun to shoot too!
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Bonnies
Caught plenty last week out from mindarie on a 7wt fly rod last week Saturday. Apprently more of a nothern species. We also caught a stripped tuna (not on fly). Tried again yesterday but they were'nt there.
Where on the 3 mile were you guys?
Rosie
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Not far from the south
Not far from the south cardinal out from Trigg. They came through in a school and went nuts for about half an hour, smashing pilchards as I brought them up through the water column.
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looking in the wrong place
You needed to be looking here - http://fishwrecked.com/content/fishwreckapedia?page=2
Watson's Leaping Bonito - Cybiosarda elegans
Watson's Leaping Bonito have a light silver blue belly with several grey stripes and a deep blue back covered with elongated spots. The first dorsal fin is black and second dorsal fin and anal fin are yellow. The mouth is large with the upper jaw reaching to the hind margin of the eye.
Watson's Leaping Bonito grow 1.2kgs and 54cms in length.
They are considered average eating.
In Australia, Watson's Leaping Bonito are found from Geographe Bay Western Australia around the northern coast and south to New South Wales.
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how often we have these threads perhaps the Fishwreckapedia link show be bigger or displayed as part of the signup process?
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they look solid muscle. they
they look solid muscle. they look like they would fight like a train on light gear good fun are they commonly targeted?