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Old 10-01-2011, 05:40 PM   #3
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Actually it is a what they call a frigate mackerel, known in the NE. I caught one a few years back and thought it was a baby bonita as well and got one the other day outside the harbor. I took a picture of one a few years back talked to the marine fisheries as I thought just like everybody else it was a bonita and he said even though they look very similar it is a frigate mackerel!!!
hi jules i hope bill is doing well and you also , prbuzz posted a photo that was dead on for what i caught , a juvenile bonito and all the web searching i did none of the frigate mackerel looked anything like what i caught ? sub spicies ? one of the great mysterys , no matter what it is it's not something you catch every day
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