4 Comments Muy Bueno Bonito

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   JM

   on Dec 28, 2010
   at 12:29 pm

   Those Bonitos would almost certainly hit a Got-cha lure. I don’t know if they are popular in CA , but they’re probably one of the most widely used lures here on the East Coast. I’ve caught tons of Spanish Mackerel on them over the years.

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     socalsalty

     on Dec 28, 2010
     at 2:06 pm

     JM, I’ll have to check out those lures and give them a try. Thanks for stopping by.

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   Ron Rowan (@rrowan1)

   on Jan 13, 2012
   at 7:48 pm

   Actually tuna, mackerel, and bonito are considered to be one family, the Scombridae family. It may depend on who you speak to, but most published information doesn’t consider them to be either a tuna or a mackerel, but in a class of their own.

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     socalsalty

     on Jan 13, 2012
     at 10:00 pm

     Hey Ron, thanks for stopping by. You could very well be right, I didn’t dig into their biology too much. I’ll have to spend some time reading up. Maybe that’s why I missed my 2011 Top 10 with that fish 😉 I had my chance at Clemente Island, but didn’t land one before the boat left to be in a more bass-y spot. You can find that trip report here

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