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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
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 19/01/24 Heading west of Rottnest? Make sure you have some (
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96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 10/11/23 Want to see the magic behind all trout stocking i (
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96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 27/10/23 According to one of DPIRD's leading crayfish scie (
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We had a very nice offshore day at the FAD during our Mahi Mahi Fishing Charter with Damian Scott and Brett from Melbourne Tim from Sydney. Al (
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…and with a good catch on Friday 20th March. With a forecast of a southerly change coming in around mid-day we started the early at 5:30 and he (
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