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Bonito
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:37 pm
by kngfshman
On Boca inlet on a Gotcha.

and yes, I know it's a Little Tuny.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:31 pm
by snakehead terror
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:26 pm
by kngfshman
That thing fought so nice on 8lb test!
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:21 pm
by Cookinman
Nice bait !!
In the summer bring that gotcha and 8# to DFP.....It is REALLY fun getting a 15# er on 8....
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:12 pm
by kngfshman
Cookinman wrote:Nice bait !!
In the summer bring that gotcha and 8# to DFP.....It is REALLY fun getting a 15# er on 8....
I know. I've done it on 10lb.
Re: Bonito
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:57 pm
by islandflyfisher
From a boat:
12 lb Tippet - on a fly that I tied

Re: Bonito
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:41 am
by kngfshman
Re: Bonito
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:48 pm
by LINESIDER
fun on fly 4 sure..
even if your a boat-cheater

Re: Bonito
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:46 pm
by kngfshman
LINESIDER wrote:even if your a boat-cheater

Well it would be pretty hard to fly fish on the pier for them with all the tourists and Blue Runner fisherman around
Re: Bonito
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:25 pm
by chank
bluerunner fisherman ha
Re: Bonito
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:41 am
by mikeypbg
Chank,
What's so funny? Clearly you've never fished down this way when the runners come through thick. Its funny to watch huge coolers wheeled off FULL of Blue Runners and only Blue Runners, only to have the same person return with an empty cooler to fill it again.
Re: Bonito
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:44 am
by james380
lol Chanks just a we pup. He doens't know any better.
Re: Bonito
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:55 am
by mikeypbg
LOL I think Zebco put it best when he called them :
"The Blue Runner Brigade from the Far East"
Re: Bonito
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:00 am
by james380
lol I can see it now.
Re: Bonito
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:07 pm
by chank
people do the same thing at my piers but with everything
Re: Bonito
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:04 pm
by Frogfish101
Flyfishing is also prohibited at a lot of piers...what a shame.
Re: Bonito
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 9:09 am
by Albacized
kngfshman wrote:On Boca inlet on a Gotcha.

and yes, I know it's a Little Tuny.
Are those bullet sized albies common from shore/jetties? (sorry, I'm from the north where we call that species 'albie' and we have another species of small tuna we call 'bonito

)
Re: Bonito
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:27 pm
by snakehead terror
Albacized wrote:kngfshman wrote:On Boca inlet on a Gotcha.

and yes, I know it's a Little Tuny.
Are those bullet sized albies common from shore/jetties? (sorry, I'm from the north where we call that species 'albie' and we have another species of small tuna we call 'bonito

)
I would'nt call them common. i've seen a good number off piers.
Re: Bonito
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:42 pm
by snakehead terror
Mad old pics (I think I was like 10), but I have never posted these. All fish were on fly. Some on 8wt, some on 10.

Double header with jason (kngfshman)

Double header with my dad
All fish were caught with Scott Hamilton

Re: Bonito
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:14 am
by Albacized
Definitely great on the fly - here's a sampling of one I got off the rocks up here in MA...they tend not to run as large up this way:
Re: Bonito
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:29 am
by snakehead terror
That is sick to fly fish them off the rocks.

Are you sight fishing or blindcasting?
Re: Bonito
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:42 am
by Albacized
snapperkiller wrote:That is sick to fly fish them off the rocks.

Are you sight fishing or blindcasting?
Sort of a combination of the two. You know when they're running the jetties as they crash bait in a line right up the jetty. When you see them start doing that, just make sure your fly is in the water at all times and you will cross paths with them. Also, when you seem them in general, even if they're not immediately in front of you, most of the time there will be more that you don't see - many times right in front of you.
So I guess the 'final answer' is that I do see them but more often than not, I'm not actually casting to a specific school (unless they happen to bust right in front of me).
The season for this is coming up in about a month - they're arrive either the end of Aug or the beginning of Sept and stay until mid to late Oct...basically when the water is at its absolute peak. That's why I was glad to score one of Juno Pier last week (on a spinning rod) while on vacation down there, because it'll make the wait for this area a little more 'tolerable'

Re: Bonito
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 5:34 am
by clubhunter
About what time in the summer or fall do the bonies get thick off Juno Pier? I know they are catching a few now.
Re: Bonito
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:19 am
by snakehead terror
clubhunter wrote:About what time in the summer or fall do the bonies get thick off Juno Pier? I know they are catching a few now.
now

Re: Bonito
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:05 pm
by frentals
Re: Bonito
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:49 pm
by cudaking305
was that today at juno?!
Re: Bonito
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:46 pm
by frentals
x-rap spheros 4000
Re: Bonito
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:08 pm
by JDN
Caught on the worlds longest pier on cut bait. Shimano sahara 2500FD 10lb braid 30lb fluorocarbon leader on a shimano 7'6 clarus medium lite with a broken tip lol
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Re: Bonito
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:28 pm
by fishnfool73
Nice bonito off the Skyway. Was that recent ?