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Catch-22 Steve
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Posted: Tue Jul 18th, 2006 07:52 pm |
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My friend Bob from "Hatt-Atack" Just left my office, yesterday at 10-12 miles on a 180 deg heading they cleaned up on yellowfin Tuna 15-25 pound foot balls, Have heard several boats on the radio today also reporting Tuna In the same Location, looks like the billfish tournamnet may turn Into a tuna tournament
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Donaldo
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Posted: Thu Jul 20th, 2006 01:11 am |
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| Steve, I was out there and got into the tuna also. However they had stripes on the back with black buttons on the bottom. They were all about 20 lbs. What kind of tuna are they?
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Posted: Thu Jul 20th, 2006 08:47 am |
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Sounds like a black skipjack. 20 pounds is close to an IGFA record for that species though. I wish i was there, I got no tunas last month.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20th, 2006 03:21 pm |
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| We call them blue Tuna, according to the book the correct name is Skip jack Tuna ,,not to be confused with skipjack, they are infact two different fish
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Donaldo
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Posted: Thu Jul 20th, 2006 08:26 pm |
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| Steve, i believe that those blue tuna or as the mexicans call them Chulas have blue color on there back. These were black stripes on top and black spots on the bottom. No blue color on top.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20th, 2006 09:39 pm |
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Yippy, you caught a skippy!
Black dots or blotches on the belly? Black skipjack. Fun to catch, make great bait, bloodier than a vampire's nightmare, and dark meat not so great to eat. Some Mexicans like to make machaca out of them; I'll keep some of them and give them to the guys at the dock on occasion. They want them whole, not filleted.
No dots or black blotches on the belly, some faint stripes? Bonito, or white skipjack. Better tablefare, but still not as good as yellowfin or bluefin.
We caught four different species of tuna last year in San Carlos - Black skipjack, yellowfin, a small bluefin (supposedly not in the Sea of Cortez), and another smaller species called a frigate tuna. There were so many of the frigate tuna around that we couldn't keep them off our lures. They are more like a large mackerel and aren't big enough to pull drag, so we had to keep a close eye on the spread. Seemed like everytime we turned around, there was another one hooked up and just bouncing across the surface while we trolled.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20th, 2006 11:49 pm |
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| Stuart, i believe that the fish you are calling bluefin tuna are actually skipjack tuna not to be confused with the black skipjack with the spots on the bottom which actually are Tunnies. At least thats what my fish bible tells me.
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Posted: Fri Jul 21st, 2006 11:54 pm |
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Sounds like we need a library of photo references. That would be an awesome feature for this site....The fish and wildlife of San Carlos (the different birds, i.e frigate birds, and the different turtles, fish and whales). Probably a lot of work but it would sure be nice.
-Dave
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