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Mr. Sandman · 10-23-2003, 08:53 AM

Bonito is an excellent fish to eat and even better smoked IMO.

Albies...tell me how you like to eat them... I have NEVER found a way that makes them any good. Most people I know use them as lobster bait. They are mealy-mush IMO, even if you bleed them.
I do love to fight them on light tackle though...they are bullets.

RE: pliers...I went thru 3 pair of pliers this season...lost 2 on the boat and one in the surf. I buy the $17 coated Shimino's, the suck a lot less then the sub $15 pliers I have used. I actually have a pair of very expensive Donmars (the same plier that VS copied

but I am afriad to use it even though it has a teather to my belt...actually I use it but I find the disaposible $17 shimano's do the job just fine until they find the seabed.

10-23-2003, 08:53 AM	#22
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	Bonito is an excellent fish to eat and even better smoked IMO. Albies...tell me how you like to eat them... I have NEVER found a way that makes them any good. Most people I know use them as lobster bait. They are mealy-mush IMO, even if you bleed them. I do love to fight them on light tackle though...they are bullets. RE: pliers...I went thru 3 pair of pliers this season...lost 2 on the boat and one in the surf. I buy the $17 coated Shimino's, the suck a lot less then the sub $15 pliers I have used. I actually have a pair of very expensive Donmars (the same plier that VS copied but I am afriad to use it even though it has a teather to my belt...actually I use it but I find the disaposible $17 shimano's do the job just fine until they find the seabed. Last edited by Mr. Sandman; 10-23-2003 at 09:00 AM..