[Fish4jesus]

Caught this one the other day on a party boat in Destin. Haven’t seen one like this before, thought some sort of mackerel, but none have markings like this. Think I’ve seen one but forgot actual name.

 

[Realtor]

Skip Jack.

 

[Fish4jesus]

Yep that was it! Forgot about the skipjacks!

 

[Walton County]

For whatever reason, I have never caught one over here. I have caught a dump truck load of them in LA.

 

[kingfish501]

Not a skipjack. Skipjack only has a few stripes and they are 100% horizontal. What you are looking at is a true Atlantic bonito. They are the link between the tuna family and the mackerel family. We used to call those "northern mackerel ". Not bad eating. Used to catch a ton of those off the old Dan Russell pier in PC, but I've never caught a single one off PB pier, either the old wood pier or the new cement pier.

 

[Realtor]

yep I can agree with kingfish. Atlantic bo bo it is...

 

[cody&ryand]

I also agree

 

[fishboy]

Very mild tasting, good sashimi, lighter colored than normal tuna. We got into them just outside the surf zone a few years back off Pensacola. The teeth surprised me