Bonito in La Jolla? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

taggermike · 02-03-2012, 09:47 AM

I don't think it's a secret that it's been a couple of years since the bonies were around in any numbers or size. Some years they are so thick they are a nusence, with the small ones destroying the sibikis and the bigger ones tearing up the live mack baits. I miss them. They are good eating, hard fighters, and user friendly for kids and novices. I've caught them far off shore, right out sdie the surf, and all the way back in the Jst boat basin. I've seen 15lbres in LJ and all around the Coronado Islands. Just acres of foaming bonito of LJ Big bones on the surface iron is fun. We haven't seen the usual spring migration of the schooly YT, bonito, or the stove pipe sized cuda in a few years. We'll see the 3B's and YT again though.

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02-03-2012, 09:47 AM	#3
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	I don't think it's a secret that it's been a couple of years since the bonies were around in any numbers or size. Some years they are so thick they are a nusence, with the small ones destroying the sibikis and the bigger ones tearing up the live mack baits. I miss them. They are good eating, hard fighters, and user friendly for kids and novices. I've caught them far off shore, right out sdie the surf, and all the way back in the Jst boat basin. I've seen 15lbres in LJ and all around the Coronado Islands. Just acres of foaming bonito of LJ Big bones on the surface iron is fun. We haven't seen the usual spring migration of the schooly YT, bonito, or the stove pipe sized cuda in a few years. We'll see the 3B's and YT again though.