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Skipjack Tuna
Species Information
| Scientific Name: | Katsuwonus pelamis |
| Common Names: | skipjack, mushmouth, oceanic bonito, striped tuna, victor fish, arctic bonito |
| Environment: | Offshore |
| Ideal Temp: | 66-84°F (19-29°C) |
About Skipjack Tuna
The skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae. It is otherwise known as the aku, arctic bonito, mushmouth, oceanic bonito, striped tuna, or victor fish. It grows up to 1 m (3 ft) in length. It is a cosmopolitan pelagic fish found in tropical and warm-temperate waters. It is a very important species for fisheries.
It is a streamlined, fast-swimming pelagic fish, common in tropical waters throughout the world, where it inhabits surface waters in large shoals (up to 50,000 fish), feeding on fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, and molluscs. It is an important prey species for large pelagic fishes and sharks. It has no scales, except on the lateral line and the corselet (a band of large, thick scales forming a circle around the body behind the head). It commonly reaches fork lengths up to 80 cm (31 in) and a weight of 8–10 kg (18–22 lb). Its maximum fork length is 108 cm (43 in) and maximum weight is 34.5 kg (76 lb). Ageing skipjack tuna is difficult, and the estimates of its potential lifespan range between 8 and 12 years.
Skipjack Tuna Fishing
| World Record: | 20.54 kg (45 lb 4 oz) Flathead Bank, Baja California, Mexico |
| # Fish Caught: | 210077 documented in database. |
| Earliest Record: | 7/2/1758 12:00:00 PM and located at 3.25000, 73.00000. |
| Latest Record: | 2/24/2025 10:01:09 AM and located at 20.68071, -105.21586. |
| Common Techniques: | Casting, Chunking, Fly, Jigging, Trolling |
| Popular Lure Types: | Flies, Jigs, Plugs, Spoons, Topwater, Trolling |
| Fishing Spots: | 4349 Skipjack Tuna fishing spots. |
Latest Skipjack Tuna Fishing Reports and Spots
96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 27/06/25 Some serious envy that @mat.kleczkowski.photograp (
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New friends on board the bite me today. took a while to get on them we looked far and wide finally found a few dolphins of nice size and a skipj (
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February is the month for Lovers and Lovers that love to fish Puerto Vallarta. Being known as the friendliest people in the world, y (
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96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 17/01/25 It's great to see WA salmon stocks looking so hea (
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GORDO BANKS PANGASDecember 15th 2024 We are finally starting to see bigger yellowfin tuna at our high spots. Earlier in the week we had a decent (
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96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 08/11/24 A big week for the south coast fishing community (
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GORDO BANKS PANGASSeptember 22nd 2024 We started focusing on Iman Bank this week as the water is clearing up after the storm pushed in green wat (
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