Comments on: Pacific Bonito — a true fighting fish http://kenjonesfishing.com/2012/02/pacific-bonito-%e2%80%94-a-true-fighting-fish/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:24:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kenjones http://kenjonesfishing.com/2012/02/pacific-bonito-%e2%80%94-a-true-fighting-fish/#comment-496135 kenjones Fri, 23 Aug 2019 20:53:16 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=2708#comment-496135 Agreed! Some days are still like that but not nearly as many. Ken Agreed! Some days are still like that but not nearly as many. Ken

]]> By: kenjones http://kenjonesfishing.com/2012/02/pacific-bonito-%e2%80%94-a-true-fighting-fish/#comment-496133 kenjones Fri, 23 Aug 2019 20:51:33 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=2708#comment-496133 The good old days! Ken The good old days! Ken

]]> By: Steve http://kenjonesfishing.com/2012/02/pacific-bonito-%e2%80%94-a-true-fighting-fish/#comment-489715 Steve Mon, 29 Apr 2019 04:51:57 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=2708#comment-489715 I did that in the 70's from the short - south jetty with cast-a-bubble flys casting towards the King Harbor hot water outflow it was awesome for a poor 13'ish year old like me back then....cheers I did that in the 70′s from the short – south jetty with cast-a-bubble flys casting towards the King Harbor hot water outflow it was awesome for a poor 13′ish year old like me back then….cheers

]]> By: Steve http://kenjonesfishing.com/2012/02/pacific-bonito-%e2%80%94-a-true-fighting-fish/#comment-489714 Steve Mon, 29 Apr 2019 04:49:43 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=2708#comment-489714 Tracy, I also grew up in the '70s in Torrance and would peddle my 10 speed Schwinn bike to King Harbor- Redondo starting out before sun up as a 12 thru 15-year-old and fish from the south small - short jetty and attempt too 'cast a bubble & fly' and throw broke back Rebels towards the hot water outflow bubble and slay the Bonito.....awesome times....cheers Tracy,
I also grew up in the ’70s in Torrance and would peddle my 10 speed Schwinn bike to King Harbor- Redondo starting out before sun up as a 12 thru 15-year-old and fish from the south small – short jetty and attempt too ‘cast a bubble & fly’ and throw broke back Rebels towards the hot water outflow bubble and slay the Bonito…..awesome times….cheers

]]> By: Mark Gates http://kenjonesfishing.com/2012/02/pacific-bonito-%e2%80%94-a-true-fighting-fish/#comment-485466 Mark Gates Sun, 24 Feb 2019 05:14:06 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=2708#comment-485466 I used to fish off the King Harbor jetty back in the early to mid 80s. There were many a day we would catch and release scores of hard-fighting bonito on light tackle. Those were the days... I used to fish off the King Harbor jetty back in the early to mid 80s. There were many a day we would catch and release scores of hard-fighting bonito on light tackle.
Those were the days…

]]> By: kenjones http://kenjonesfishing.com/2012/02/pacific-bonito-%e2%80%94-a-true-fighting-fish/#comment-457403 kenjones Wed, 26 Jul 2017 18:47:29 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=2708#comment-457403 Bonito have showed up in good numbers along the coast during the El Nino years but don't seem to show up in good numbers during cold water years. Catalina though is usually the best bet. Bonito have showed up in good numbers along the coast during the El Nino years but don’t seem to show up in good numbers during cold water years. Catalina though is usually the best bet.

]]> By: Tony Quiroz http://kenjonesfishing.com/2012/02/pacific-bonito-%e2%80%94-a-true-fighting-fish/#comment-454588 Tony Quiroz Sun, 28 May 2017 20:44:23 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=2708#comment-454588 Thank you for the article on bonito fishing, it seam's harder to find the fish here in so cal beache's anymore and yes redondo used to be won of the top spot's back in the day's when I was younger It dose not seam to be the case anymore with all the sea lion's and water pollution, I will definetly try catalina mole pier , thank's again. Thank you for the article on bonito fishing, it seam’s harder to find the fish here in so cal beache’s anymore and yes redondo used to be won of the top spot’s back in the day’s when I was younger It dose not seam to be the case anymore with all the sea lion’s and water pollution, I will definetly try catalina mole pier , thank’s again.

]]> By: Greg http://kenjonesfishing.com/2012/02/pacific-bonito-%e2%80%94-a-true-fighting-fish/#comment-168304 Greg Mon, 02 Jun 2014 23:52:52 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=2708#comment-168304 The Bonita was the fish that turned me on to sport fishing. My father had been taking me to the Wedge in Newport Beach since I was four years old. I was 12 when I caught my first Bonita on a cheap Berkeley rod and reel, using a Diamond jig. I caught three that day. I yearn for those days of catching the Bonita at the Wedge: http://www.edtechdigitalphotography.com/i-am-poem.html The Bonita was the fish that turned me on to sport fishing. My father had been taking me to the Wedge in Newport Beach since I was four years old. I was 12 when I caught my first Bonita on a cheap Berkeley rod and reel, using a Diamond jig. I caught three that day. I yearn for those days of catching the Bonita at the Wedge:

http://www.edtechdigitalphotography.com/i-am-poem.html

]]> By: Tracy Kim http://kenjonesfishing.com/2012/02/pacific-bonito-%e2%80%94-a-true-fighting-fish/#comment-157304 Tracy Kim Tue, 20 May 2014 18:05:12 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=2708#comment-157304 I grew up in Manhattan Beach. I use to fish off the Redondo breakwater in the 70's. I'd take a 7 and 5 foot Sabre rods with 8 and 4 pound test. I cast Rebels and Crocadiles off the 8 pound outfit and white tiny tots off the 4 pound. Once I hooked and landed a 32 inch Bonita on the 4 pound outfit. I had to run up and down that breakwater for 15 minutes. Greatest fight I ever had. Righteous fish. I grew up in Manhattan Beach. I use to fish off the Redondo breakwater in the 70′s. I’d take a 7 and 5 foot Sabre rods with 8 and 4 pound test. I cast Rebels and Crocadiles off the 8 pound outfit and white tiny tots off the 4 pound. Once I hooked and landed a 32 inch Bonita on the 4 pound outfit. I had to run up and down that breakwater for 15 minutes. Greatest fight I ever had. Righteous fish.

]]> By: kenjones http://kenjonesfishing.com/2012/02/pacific-bonito-%e2%80%94-a-true-fighting-fish/#comment-2651 kenjones Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:58:30 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=2708#comment-2651 The answer to your question depends to some degree on the water temperatures we see year to year. In warm water years bonito can be a common catch at most piers between San Diego and Los Angeles — or even beyond. However, that is not the norm. Most years see some piers yield bonito and most commonly those are the deep water piers — Newport, Balboa, Redondo and the Redondo Beach. When the warm water bubble is turned on, and it is not turned at all times, the small Redondo Beach Sportfishing Pier can be the best coastal pier. The best overall pier, based upon what we have seen during the past ten years, is the Cabrillo Mole at Catalina. We have caught bonito there almost every year during our April Get Togethers (which is early in the season). The answer to your question depends to some degree on the water temperatures we see year to year. In warm water years bonito can be a common catch at most piers between San Diego and Los Angeles — or even beyond. However, that is not the norm. Most years see some piers yield bonito and most commonly those are the deep water piers — Newport, Balboa, Redondo and the Redondo Beach. When the warm water bubble is turned on, and it is not turned at all times, the small Redondo Beach Sportfishing Pier can be the best coastal pier. The best overall pier, based upon what we have seen during the past ten years, is the Cabrillo Mole at Catalina. We have caught bonito there almost every year during our April Get Togethers (which is early in the season).

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