Atlantic bonito
Sarda sarda latin

It is similar in its habits, but somewhat smaller than the more common Atlantic bonito.

Those who encounter the Atlantic bonito for the first time are always astonished by its fighting ability.

The first dorsal fin of the Atlantic bonito is also lower and sloping.

It is useless to chase fast-moving species like albacore and Atlantic bonito.

Pacific and Atlantic bonito meat has a firm texture and a darkish color.

Its main value is for striper fishing, but it also works on Atlantic bonito, which are finicky feeders.

To some light-tackle enthusiasts - including fly fishermen - the Atlantic bonito is the ultimate quarry.

Atlantic bonito grow up to 75 cm (30 in) and weigh 5-6 kg (10 to 12 pounds) at this size.

The tuna, marlin and Atlantic bonito will soon depart - each species has its preferred temperature range - because the water is rapidly cooling.

After the flurry with the dolphin, we caught an Atlantic bonito and two bluefin tuna of about eight pounds each.

The largest Atlantic bonito, taken on a 16-pound test tippet, was caught off Key West, Fla., in 1975.

Atlantic bonito can be caught on a fly rod intended for nothing bigger than a five-pound trout, but conditions have to be perfect.

Atlantic bonito belong to a group which have the dorsal fins very near, or separated by a narrow interspace.

From the shores of bays or sounds, however, there are many more opportunities to use the fly rod for blues, stripers and even Atlantic bonito.

The little tunny is commonly confused with the Atlantic bonito because of coloration, but the two fish differ in their color patterns and overall body size.

It lives in schools based primarily on fish size rather than species, so other members of the Scombridae family, like the Atlantic bonito, may be present.

It bears a strong resemblance to another of the mackerel group that is also an occasional visitor to waters of the Northeast, the Atlantic bonito.

This is particularly true with the Atlantic bonito, a marvelous fast-swimming food and game fish that often displays an aversion for spinning or bait-casting lures.

If the water is unusually warm, their exodus will be slowed, as will that of two summer-arriving species, Atlantic bonito and false albacore.

On some Northeast beaches, fly fishermen after striped bass, bluefish and Atlantic bonito have outnumbered anglers armed with spinning gear.

In the Northeast, the usual quarry for the marine fly fishermen are bluefish, striped bass, Atlantic bonito and false albacore.

However, anyone who fly fishes assiduously for Atlantic bonito stands a reasonable chance of landing one on a 2-pound tippet, a category that is currently vacant.

(Another lightweight plug that stripers - and Atlantic bonito -often find attractive is the so-called needlefish.

Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda .

Commonly called false albacore or little tuna, it resembles the Atlantic bonito, skipjack tuna and species of mackerel.

Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda .

Bonito del Norte is the Spanish name for Thunnus alalunga The Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda is a large mackerel-like fish of the family Scombridae.