Fished a little south today with the Boss,my son and little Ricky. nice Ocean.Started fishing in 90’and fished out to 220’ caught 7 kings ,1 slinger dolphin,5 little tunny’s,released 2 small kings and 5 cuda’s.Saw two free jumping sails in 95’ but could not get them to even take a look.Water temp 77 deg, hot color was Black and red sea witch.Great day fun for all.
Big Ron
196 CC Sea Pro
150 Verado
nice work on the fish… the water was only 77…
26 cape horn 200 yamahas
what a load of cat food:smiley:
Good catchin’ Big Ron! What do you do with the little tunnys?
Be there or be on the Short Bus!!
2005 236 Sailfish
225 Yamaha 4-stroke
77.5 degrees is what the gamrmin said, went toward the 226 hole and it was cooler not much but cooler.if you look at the sst chart for yesterday it shows 79 out around the 226 but we did not find anything that warm
Big Ron
196 CC Sea Pro
150 Verado
I am curious too. What do you do with the little Tunny?
Edited to add results of Google search.
Along the gulf coast of Florida there are eight species of tuna that frequent or make seasonal passes within reach of local anglers. There are bluefin, yellowfin, big eye, albacore, skipjack, blackfin, bonito, and little tunny. The latter two are the smallest varieties of tuna to be worth fishing for, and to most anglers, are strictly fun or just for bait.
Tunny and bonito are fast, strong, and wild in their mannerisms, rushing through a chum slick and slapping aggressively at almost any bait presented. Once hooked, typical tuna behavior is to run like mad, try to go as far and deep as possible, and when near the boat, do it all over again. The sheer enjoyment of catching these little “footballs” is enough to excite anyone, novice and expert alike.
The Atlantic Bonito and the Little Tunny are very similar in appearance, but have differences and are easily distinguished by the fact that tunny have a series of four to five dark spots below the pectoral fin, and bonito do not. Other differences are slight and more anatomical, so look for the spots. On the table, these two fish are very tasty if prepared properly, so don’t disregard them as dinner if you should catch a few.
The small tunas, unlike their larger cousins, aren’t completely edible. Only the back meat, that flesh above the lateral line, is good for cooking. The rest is oily and heavily blooded, and reserved best for bait or chum. Once the back meat is removed, cooking in light oil with a little spice makes this fish delicious and may surprise those who for most of their fishing careers have thought small tuna to be trash fish.
Fishing on the bottom is like having sex with the lights turned off. It feels good but I wanna see it.
Lights On!
2002 Sea Hunt Triton 210
150 Yammy SS II
I cut out the back straps and have cooked them a couple different ways not the best tasting fish I’ve ever ate but not bad either.Fried in olive oil they are pretty good
Big Ron
196 CC Sea Pro
150 Verado
The japanese love them, however, they have killed most other fish in their area…
Peace And Ease
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