Posts Tagged Pacific bonito

Pier Fish of Catalina Island

February 26, 2014 by kenjones
Catalina Island and its main city Avalon are wonderful places to visit and offer up an environment and atmosphere markedly different from that of the mainland that sits just a short, hour-long ferry ride away. So too the piers on Catalina, which offer up a plethora of different species of fish many of which are [...]

Stuck in Catalina With the Bonito Blues Again —

March 10, 2013 by kenjones
Written and dedicated to Hashem aka Mahigeer when he was seeking out his first bonito at Catalina in 2006. Although the rest of the UPSAC/PFIC contingent was pulling in the bonies that year, Hashem just couldn’t seem to hook one.   Oh, the Dompha, he draws circles Up and down the mole. I’d ask him what [...]

Pacific Bonito — a true fighting fish

February 12, 2012 by kenjones
Bonito — Venice Pier Mackerel and Tuna—Family Scombridae Species: Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier, 1832); from the Greek word sarda  (an ancient name for an European species of bonito) and chiliensis (in reference to Chile, South America, where the species was first recognized). Subspecies (those in California): Sarda chiliensis lineolata. Bonito — Ben Acker (DompfaBen), Cabrillo Mole, [...]
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