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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: | 210067 documented in database. |
| Earliest Record: | 7/2/1758 12:00:00 PM and located at 3.25000, 73.00000. |
| Latest Record: | 5/24/2024 2:36:21 AM and located at -31.82141, 115.73853. |
| 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
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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Both the Fishin Fannatic and Fish Advisor have had a great week of fishing and some terrific customers. Nearshore has seen tons of ribbonfish f (
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Pisces Fleet Sportfishing Week 30 Report July 19 –25 2024 Pisces Fleet Sportfishing’s Week 30 featured blue and striped marlin sailfish yellow (
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96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 24/05/24 First rule of fishing for cobia...keep an eye out (
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This is a lesson in perseverance paying off. I wake up each morning at 2:30 to check on the conditions and usually sacrifice a PL68 to the shark (
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Just got back from Cabo last week did 4 fishing trips with Pisces fishing. I personally caught 3 Marlin 12 Mahi 6 Roosters and a bunch of Skipj (
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96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 26/01/24 This underwater snap of a dolphinfish fiesta pain (
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96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 19/01/24 Heading west of Rottnest? Make sure you have some (
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